Atlanta Georgian - Little Mary Phagan

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1913

April 28, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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April 29, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 4, 1913: Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed' (Atlanta Georgian)
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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 7, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 8, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 9, 1913: New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank (Atlanta Georgian)
May 10, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 12, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 14, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 15, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 16, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 20, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 22, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 26, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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May 30, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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June 5, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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June 7, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 13, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 16, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 17, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 18, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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June 19, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 20, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 21, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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June 22, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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June 24, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 26, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 27, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 28, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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(Atlanta Georgian)
June 29, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 1, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 4, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 5, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 6, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 8, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 18, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 19, 1913:
1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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July 31, 1913: State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant' (Atlanta Georgian)
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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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1,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, Arrested as Girl's Slayer: John M. Gantt Accused of the Crime; Former Bookkeeper Taken by Police, Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl; Story of Killing as Meager Facts Reveal It, Gantt, Arrested as Slayer of Girl, Tells Story to Georgian, Gantt Is Brought from Marietta, Gantt, Suspect, Enamored of Mary Phagan, Girl and Landlady Defend Mullinax, Girl's Grandfather Vows Vengeance on the Slayer, Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, "I Could Trust Mary Anywhere," Her Weeping Mother Says, Lifelong Friend Saw Girl and Man after Midnight, Look for Negro to Break Down, Mother Sobs over Fate of Mary Phagan, Negro Is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, Police Question Factory Superintendent: Strand of Hair Clew in Killing of Phagan Girl, Story of Prisoner Who Denies Crime; ‘Horrible Mistake', Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story: Denies Guilt But Is Identified as Man Seen Leading Girl, Charge Is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, Clew Sought in Scribbled Notes, Factory Employe May Be Taken Any Moment, Factory Head Frank and Watchman Newt Lee Are "Sweated" by Police, Former Playmates Meet Girl's Body at Marietta, Frank Under ‘Third Degree': We Have Strangler of Mary Phagan, Is Chief Lanford's Assertion, Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, ‘I Feel as Though I Could Die,' Sobs Mary Phagan's Grief-Stricken Sister, "Lee's Guilt Proved," Detectives Assert: Suspicion Lifts from Frank; May Be Freed; Gantt Granted Writ, Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, Negro Watchman Is Accused by Slain Girl's Stepfather, Pastor Prays for Justice at Girl's Funeral, Sister's New Story May Clear Gantt, Slayer's Hand Print Left on Arm of Girl, Clock ‘Misses' Add Mystery to Phagan Case, ‘Looks Like Frank Is Trying to Put Crime on Me,' Says Lee, Leo Frank's Friends Denounce Detention, Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete: New Arrests Likely; Leo Frank Still Held; Case Against Negro, Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case, New Arrest Made in Phagan Case; Lee Gives New Clews, State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee Are Taken to Tower, Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths onto Phagan Slaying Case, Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Three New Witnesses for Phagan Case Inquest, Gov. Brown on Phagan Case: Let Law Take Its Course, He Says, ‘Guilty Will Be Punished, Innocent Freed', Grand Jury to Take up Phagan Case To-morrow, Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery: Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, Slayer of Mary Phagan Still May Be at Large, Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, Coroner's Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners, Crowds at Phagan Inquest: Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply, Frank on Witness Stand: Makes Statement under Oath; Nervous, But Replies Quickly, Inquest in Phagan Case To-day May End the Great Mystery, Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, Frank's Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery, How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy, Leo Frank Names New Man: Lemmie Quinn in Factory on Day of Death, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Mary Phagan's Body Exhumed; Hurt Looks for Signs of ‘Dope', Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, Police Have New and Startling Evidence Not Yet Made Public, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory Is Trailed to Alabama, Lee Is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence, Didn't See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide, Frank Ready to Take Stand: Phagan Inquest Is Near End; Likely to Go to Jury by 7 P.M., Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call from Factory Head, Police Still Withhold Evidence: Frank to Be Examined on New Lines, Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank, Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest: Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory, Another Clew in Phagan Case Is Worthless, Best Detective in America Is Now on the Case, Says Dorsey, Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory, County to Furnish Unlimited Funds to Solve the Phagan Case, Frank and Lee Held; Grand Jury Likely to Take up Case Monday, Inquest Scene Is Dramatic in Its Tenseness, Lee Repeats His Private Conversation with Frank, Leo Frank Is Again Quizzed by Coroner, New Evidence Sought: Grand Jury May Act Saturday: ‘I Expected to Be Held' — Frank, Guard of Secrecy Is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, New Phagan Evidence for Grand Jury: Dorsey Has Valuable Evidence in Phagan Case, Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way from Europe, Phagan Case Is Delayed: Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week, New Theory Is Offered in Phagan Mystery, Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery Is Likely, Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying, Burns Says He Will Hunt Phagan Slayer, $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case, Burns' Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun, Dorsey Says Burns' Help Is Welcomed; Secret Probe Begins, Secret Probe Began By Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, Hunt Phagan Slayer by Writing Clews, New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces ‘Cold Trail' in Baffling Phagan Case, Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory, Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case, Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, Hunt ‘Voice in Street' in Phagan Case, More Mystery in Phagan Slaying Case: T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, Burns Aide Is Reported Trailing a New Man, Grand Jury Won't Hear Leo Frank or Lee, Felder Denies Phagan Bribery: Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, Frank Feeling Fine, But Will Not Discuss His Case, Here Is Affidavit Charging Bribery, Indictment of Both Lee and Frank Is Asked, Phagan Slaying Is Taken Up by Grand Jury, Woman Gives Evidence Against Frank: Slaying Indictments Against Both Lee and Frank Will Be Asked, Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer, Mayor Reported by Dictograph, Negro Sweeper Owns Writing Notes Found by Dead Girl's Body, New Phagan Sensation: Coylar Charges Plot to Assassinate, I'll Indict Gang, Says Beavers: Felder Denies Bribe Charges and Scores Police, Beavers and Lanford to Prosecute Felder: Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police, Lay Bribery Effort to Frank's Friends, Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed, Pinkerton Man Says Frank Is Guilty, State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer, Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman, Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, Burns Himself to Make Investigation of Phagan Slaying, Web of Lies by Conley Tangle Police, Dorsey Ready to Indict Conley as an Accessory, Hang the Guilty Man Says Frank;, Conley Acts Part in Killing, Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, Negro Conley's Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, Swears Frank Told Him Girl Hit Her Head Against Something, Conley Gives More Evidence: Explains in Detail Pencil Factory Mysteries: Spends Day with Dorsey Studying Huge Diagram of Scene of the Crime, Conley Star in Third Degree Drama, Negro Gives More New Facts to Dorsey, Police After Another Confession: Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission, Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, Confessions of Conley Makes No Changes in State's Case, Conley Is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter, Dorsey's Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing, 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided, Conley Begs Chief to Let Him Repeat Story Before Frank, Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank, Cook Tells of Scene within Frank Home, Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans', Frank Defense Building Up Strong Alibi, Mayor, Felder and Hutcheson Quizzed in Jury Vice Probe, Cook's Sensational Affidavit: Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide, Girl Sticks to Story Aiding Frank, Dorsey Makes Reply to Accusations of Wife of Leo M. Frank, Felder and Lanford Near Blows; Coylar Held; New Phagan Mystery Sensations in Grand Jury Probe, Frank's Cook Denies All of the Affidavit Given Out by Police, ‘I Know My Husband Is Innocent,' Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Frank in Battle to Clear Her Son, New Conley Confession Reported to Jury, "My Husband Is Innocent," Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank in First Public Statement, Conley, Grilled by Police Again, Denies Confessing Killing, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement, Mrs. Frank Scores Solicitor: "Torture Chamber" Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, "Liar and Grafter," Say Coylar and Lanford in Answer to T. B. Felder, Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case, Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilt, Frank Cheerful as His Friends Visit Him, Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley, Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, Police Hold Conley by Court's Order, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief: Says Lanford Is Not Seeking for Truth of Murder, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, Fund Raised to Secure Burns Is Unused, G. M. Napier Analyzes Phagan Case, Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, Judge Roan to Decide Conley's Fate, Negro Freed But Jailed Again on Suspicion, State Takes Advantage of Points Known, Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast in Net, Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand, Rush Plans for the Trial of Leo Frank, Blow Aimed at Formby Story: Defense Has Witnesses to Refute Woman, Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper, Arnold to Aid Frank: Declares Prisoner Is Innocent; Has Studied Case Deeply, He Says, Jurors, Not Newspapers, to Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter, State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30, Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn, Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28, Both Sides Ready for Trial on Monday, Trial of Leo Frank Is Set for July 28, Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story, Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, State Secures New Phagan Evidence, Hooper Secures New Evidence from Conley: New Facts Given by Negro, Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial, Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper and Arnold Clash in the Trial of Frank, Defense Plans to Tear Down Conley Tale, Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him, Jury Likely to Go Over Dorsey's Head, May Indict Conley as Slayer, Writ Sought in Move to Free Negro Lee, New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley, Application for Lee's Release Delayed, Legal Battle To-day in Phagan Case: Liberty for Newt Lee Sought, Application to Release Lee Is Ready to File, New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, Phagan Case Centers on Conley: Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides, Lee's Attorney Is Ready for Writ Fight, Grants Right to Demand Lee's Freedom, Plan to Confront Frank with Lee: Attitude of Defense Secret, State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released, New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, Part of Pay Envelope Found, Negro Made Boast of Killing a Girl, Agent Declares, Two Setbacks Given State in Frank Case, Mincey's Story Jolts Police to Activity, Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, Affidavits Support Mincey Story, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-witness to Phagan Murder, ‘I Am Seeking Only to Do My Duty for Truth and Justice', State Still Confident of Case, Holloway Corroborates Mincey's Affidavit: Recalls He Was Told Story of Conley, Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley: Grand Jury Agreed Not to Act, Police Halt Grilling of Conley, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley: Grand Jury Split by Latest Move, Solicitor Is Certain No Move Will Be Made, Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement, Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, Mincey Story Declared Vital to Both Sides in Frank Case, Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, Court Ready to Draw Venire, New Ruling on Delay Asked, Story of Phagan Case by Chapters: Chapter 1, Conley and Lee Put on Grill by Dorsey, Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense, Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery: Chapter 2, Trace Found Here of Negro Said to Have Seen Phagan Slaying, Attempt to Postpone Case Is Seen, Judge Announces He Is Read to Try Case; 144 Men Empanelled, State Ready and Will Fight a Delay, Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, Chapter 4 in Phagan Mystery, State Still Prepares to Fight Delay, Venireman Served in Phagan Case, Witnesses for Frank Called, Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts, Chapter 5 in Phagan Case, Says Pierce Broke His Promise, Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes, Frank Fights for Life Monday: Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan: Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved, Phagan Case of Peculiar and Enthralling Interest, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, Prominent Atlantans Named on Frank Trial Venire, Public Demands Frank Trial Tomorrow: Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay, State Bolsters Conley: Solves Discrepancies of Time: Mistaken Identity to Be Plea, Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, Venire Whipped into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, Work of Choosing Jury for Frank Trial Difficult: Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense, All Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess, Drawing of Jury Begun; Wife of Accused at His Side; Courtroom Packed, Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, Is Up Long Before Trial, Opening Clash Is Lost by Defense; Forced at Start to Name Its Witnesses, Slain Girl's Mother on Stand; Surprising Speed Marks Trial, Whole South Enthralled by Phagan Case, Frank Lawyers Fail to Draw Criminating Replies from Negro, Lee's Quaint Answers Rob Frank's Trial of All Signs of Rancor, Lee's Testimony Feature of First Day of Trial, Negro Watchman Is Grilled about Notes Found Beside Body, Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly on Day of Crime, Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, Trial of Frank Moving with Swiftness, Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, Detective Retracts Part of His Story Under Rosser Attack, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, Frank Seldom Spoke to Factory Girls, Is Miss Hix's Evidence, Frank's Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, Indications of New Sensation Attract a Record Court Crowd, Rosser's Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, State Adds New Link to Evidence Chain by Boots Rogers' Story, Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl's Story Big Aid to Frank, Found Part of Pay Envelope and Red Spots on 2nd Floor, Frank Not in Office Just After 12 on Day of Slaying, Says Girl, Halloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, Pinkerton Agent Is a Puzzling Factor as Frank Trial Resumes, State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant', Accused Extremely Nervous Following Slaying, Says Darley, Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State, Dorsey Wins Point as Rosser Battles to Defend Accused, Girl Slain after Frank Left Factory, Believed to Be State Defense, Defense Plans Hot Assault on Harris' Evidence for State, Expert's Evidence Adds Strong Link to Case Against Frank, Dr. Harris Shows Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dr. Hurt, Under Fire of Defense, Hits at Dr. Harris' Testimony, Dr. Hurt Says Food in Stomach Fails to Show Time of Death, Evidence of Experts on Food Conflicting, Frank Juror's Life One Grand, Sweet Song — Not, Roan Holding Scales of Justice with Steady Hand, Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?, Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis: State Forges Chain to Tax All the Ingenuity of Defense's Legal Array, First Week of Frank Trial Ends with Both Sides Sure of Victory, Leo Frank's Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case, Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank's Trial, Conley's Story in Detail; Women Barred by Judge, Crowd Spell-bound as Negro Recites His Details of Tragedy, Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, Frank Admitted He Hit Girl, Says Negro; Saw Her Enter Plant, Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Gastcy Tale, Frank Witness Nearly Killed by a Mad Dog, Jim Conley's Story as Matter of Fact as if It Were His Day's Work, Ordeal Is Borne with Reserve by Franks, Rosser's Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, After 11-Hour Grill Defense Prepares to End Attack on Negro, Conley Continues to Withstand Fierce Attacks of Rosser, Conley's Charge Turns Frank Trial into Fight ‘To Worse Than Death', Traditions of the South Upset; White Man's Life Hang's on Negro's Word, Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, Conley's Minor Lies of Little Moment if Jury Believes Main Charges, Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions, Damaging Testimony of Conley May Stay In, Judge's Decision, Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds, Dorsey Practically Completes His Case; Await Judge's Ruling, Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M., Mystery of Girl's Mesh Bag Explained by Negro on Stand, Negro Cool and Unafraid Despite Fierce Attack of Defense on His Story, State Wins Victory When Roan Retains Damaging Evidence, Arnold to Examine Defense Witnesses; Physician to Be First, Dalton Disappoints Court; Rosser Calls Dr. L. W. Childs, Dr. Childs Is Called by Defense by Defense to Rebut Dr. Harris' Evidence, Jim Conley, The Ebony Chevalier of Crime, Is Darktown's Own Hero, Negro Revised Tale as Officers Grilled Him, Says Detective, Roan's Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, Trial as Varied as a Vaudeville Exhibition, Try to Prove Time Too Short for Frank to Do as Negro Says, Conley's Story Put in Peculiar Light When Defense Calls Scott, Discrepancy Shown by Car Crew as to Time of the Tragedy, Dorsey Goes After Holloway, Called to Stand for Frank, Foreman of Factory Gives Startling New Evidence for Frank, Frank Takes Active Interest in Case and Assists His Lawyers, Girl Denies She Ever Went to the Pencil Plant with Dalton, State Is Forced to Pin Hopes on Conley, State Sees Bits of Evidence as Rope Strands, Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, Accused Composed on Day of Tragedy, Assistant Asserts, Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, Dalton's Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws Is Sought by Defense, Here's the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, Assistant Tells How Accused Man Made Out Complex Accounts, Case Never Is Discussed by Frank Jurors, Every Effort Will Be Made to Account for All His Movements, Frank or Conley? Still Question, Negro Firm in Accusing Frank; He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan; Defense Begins Its Battle for Life, One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory, Phagan Trial Makes Eleven "Widows": But Jurors' Wives Are Peeresses Also, Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, Accused Studies for Half Hour Defense's Model of Factory, Dorsey Hammers at Frank Aide; Springs New Report Theory, Dr. Bachman Tripped by Dorsey; Array of Medical Men Called, Dr. Harris Hotly Attacked: Witnesses for Frank Charge Professional Recklessness to Him, Experts Testimony on Cabbage Tests Called Wild Guess, Grief-Stricken Mother Follows Testimony without Bitterness, Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters on Third Week, Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, Dalton Forced to Admit Jail Record, Defense Begins Alibi Task; Relatives of Accused Called, Father-in-Law Says Family Did Not Talk of Crime at Factory, Frank Trial Witness Is Sure, At Least, of One Thing — A ‘Good Ragging', Girl Denies State's Version of Frank's Work on Fatal Day, People's Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, State Charges That Attack on Girl Was Planned by Accused, After Fierce Clash of Attorneys, Judge Reserves His Ruling, Defense Lets Down All Bars for Attack on Frank's Character, Frank's Classmates at College Tell of His Good Character, Judge Roan Rules Out New Attack on Frank's Character, Justice Is Aim of Both Sides in Trial of Frank; Square Deal Is Certain, Query Wrings Cry of Agony from Mother; Wife Sobs Silently, State Calls More Witnesses; State Builds Up an Alibi, Tragedy Re-enacted to Prove Story of Conley Impossible, Defense Shifts Burden by Making Character of Leo Frank an Issue, Frank's Mother Resents Questioning of Dorsey, Mother-in-Law of Frank, On Stand, Is Angered by Dorsey, Negro Drunk Day of Crime, Miss Carson Swears He Told Her, State's Sole Aim Is to Convict, Defense's to Clear in Modern Trial, Wife and Mother of Accused Are Warned Against Outbreaks, Climax Near in Great Court Fight; Crowds Again Flock to Trial, Defense Is Near Completion of Frank Alibi, Girl's Testimony Mainstay of Defense Alibi for Frank, Leo Frank May Go on Stand as Climax of Defense's Battle, Prisoner's Name Is Defended by Many; Climax in Case Near, What ‘They Say' Won't Hurt Leo Frank; State Must ‘Prove' Depravity, Women of Factory Declare Leo Frank's Character Is Good, Defense Alters Its Plans; Prisoner May Not Tell Tale To-day, Mother's Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, Only One of Factory Women Fails to Aid Case of Their Chief, Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, Counsel for Defense Declare He Alone Has Prepared a Statement, Frank's Counsel Bit by Bit Builds Structure to Crush Conley Story, Girl on Stand Shouts She Would Die for Leo Frank, Leo Frank Is Ready to Reveal His Story: Lawyers Say They Haven't Advised Him, Leo Frank's Own Story to Add Final Touch to State's Greatest Trial, Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank's Character, Club and Envelope Found by Pinkerton Man Put in Evidence, Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, Frank Takes Stand: Tells His Story to Men Who Hold Fate, Lawyers Urged by Accused to Permit Cross-Examination, Leo Frank Testifies: Profound Impression Made by Prisoner's Remarkable Story, Remarkable Story Creates Profound Impression on All, Wife in Tears as Frank Concludes His Remarkable Story, Woman Denies Being Told of Escapade of Prisoner with Girl, 2 Witnesses Swear Negress' Statement Was Made Willingly, Dorsey Admits He Made Erasure on Factory Time Slip, Frank's Statement Is Best Plea Presented in His Defense So Far, Frank's Story in Complete Form as Told to the Jury, Indirect Testimony Against Prisoner Is Forbidden by Judge, Negress' Denial of Affidavit, Damaging to the Accused, Hit, ‘Time to Talk Is Now And I Have Told Whole Truth,' He Says, Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome by Frank's Story, Witness Says He Saw Mary Phagan about Noon of Tragic Day, Conductor's Evidence Contradicted; State Defends Jim Conley, Defense Begins Its Sur-Rebuttal; Hopes to Conclude Quickly, Dorsey Battles to Have Doctors Prove Testimony of Harris, Effort to Prove Immorality Blocked, Experts Called by State Corroborate Harris' Testimony, Frank Denies That He Knew Dead Girl; Defends Employee, Harris' Testimony Corroborated by Experts for State, Objection to Character Attack Puts Defense in Anomalous Position, Arnold Opens Argument Charging Persecution, Georgia's Greatest Murder Trial Nears Its Fateful Close, Mass Perjuries Charged by Arnold: Centers Hot Attack on Conley; Ridicules Prosecution Theory, Prisoner Stoically Calm as State Asks for Death Penalty, Prisoner Stoically Listens to Scathing Arguments of State, Racial Prejudice Is Blamed by Defense for ‘Persecution', Accused Arraigned by Solicitor as He Sums up State's Case, Calm, Dispassioned Plea for Acquittal Impresses Hearers, Closing Arguments May Take Entire Day; Dorsey to End Case, Conviction on Chain of Circumstances Is Upheld by Solicitor, Hooper and Arnold in Argument Made Most of Their Opportunities, Link by Link, Frank Defender Hews Away at State's Theories, Solicitor and City Detectives Scored for Tactics in Case, Crowd in Sympathy with Solicitor; His Speech Masterpiece, Dorsey Assails Frank's Alibi; Charges Perjury, Hundreds Storm Court as Case Nears the Jury, Remarkable Speeches by Veteran Rosser and Boyish Dorsey End Case, Terrible Scoring Is Given Frank; Crowd Cheers Prosecutor, Both Sides Make Strong Charges of Perjured Evidence During the Trial, Crowds at Frank Trial as Remarkable as Case Itself, Dorsey Demands Death Penalty for Frank in Thrilling Closing Plea, Dorsey Shows Victim's Clothes to Jury; Her Mother and Mrs. Frank Break Down, Dorsey's Closing Address a Scorching Attack on Frank, Facing Frank, Solicitor Dorsey Recites Theory of Crime: Horrible Plot Was Laid in March, the Prosecutor Asserts, Frank Exhibits Every Emotion — Except Fear and Dread: Public, Keyed to Highest Pitch, Is Astonished by His Apparent Calmness, Frank Jurors An Enthralling Study in Human Emotion, Frank Women-Folk Stoic as Spartan Gnawed by Fox, Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs in Phagan Case: Fourth Week of Frank Trial Finds Interest of Public Still White Hot, Dorsey Riddles Frank's Own Statement in Final Plea: Demand Leo Frank Be Sent to the Gallows as Mary Phagan's Slayer, Frank, Guilty on First Ballot: No Recommendation to Court for Mercy Contained in Verdict, Good Character No Bar to Conviction, Asserts Judge Charging Jury, I'm as Innocent as I Was a Year Ago, Says Frank, Judge Refuses New Trial to Defense as State Closes Plea, Mistrial Asked: Defense Attorneys Vigorously Protest Against Intimations, Packed Courtroom Applauds as Dorsey Begins Closing Plea, Frank's Friends Hopeful; ‘I'm Vindicated' — Lanford, Frank Sentenced to Hang Oct. 10: Rosser Asks for New Trial; Prepares to Go to Supreme Court, Judge Must, Under Verdict, Pass Sentence of Death, Judge Stays Sentence; New Trial to Be Asked, Pierce Loses Pinkerton Job by Actions in Phagan Case, Prisoner Must Hang Oct. 10, Judge Rules; Innocent, He Repeats, Secrets of the Frank Jury: Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, Dorsey Undecided on Action Against Negro Conley as Accessory, Frank Attacks Solicitor Dorsey's Arraignment: Dorsey's Speech Called Unfair, Frank Trial ‘Temporary Widow and Husband Happily Reunited', Reply Made to Frank's Attack, Solicitor Is After New Evidence

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