Author: Historical Librarian

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Daughters ofMrs. EmmaLee Go to Court to SettleDisputeA bitter fight between three sistersover $50,000 estate left by their mother. Mrs. Emma G. Lee, commenced beforeJudge George L. Bell in superior court Tuesday morning.The youngest of the sisters, Mrs. AnnieLa Rue Lee Mizell, 139 East North avenue, has filed a caveat to the willprobated early this year by her older sisters, Mrs. Maude Lee Thompson, 332Houston street, and Mrs. Claude Lee Stamps, 318 Washington street.The will to which exception has beentaken divides the estate, which consists principally of realty near Covington,where the Lee

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 19th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Rev.Alexander Lyons, ofBrooklyn, Declares Prison-ers Jewish Nationality In-fluenced Verdict ofGuiltyGIRLSALLEGED SLAYERCOMPARED TOBEILISSConditionsAre Worse HereThan in Czars Domain, HeSays, Because of ChristianPretensesRabbi Alexander Lyons, one of theforemost Jews in America, speaking at the Eighth Avenue temple, in Brooklyn,last Friday night, compared Atlanta and the Frank case with Russia and theBeiliss ritual murder case in an address which is attracting attention over theentire country.Dr. Lyons subject was Americaninterference in Russia, which he advocated, but he devoted considerable time tothe Frank case, urging America to keep her own household in order.At this distance, the rabbi

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Will Not BeHeld During Pres-ent Week-Smith toFileDemandIt was announced Thursday morning bySolicitor Dorsey that the case of Jim Conley, indicted as accessory after thefact for the murder of Mary Phagan, would not be called during the presentweek. The case was expected to come up Thursday. No reason was given by thesolicitor for not calling the case, further than that there was a crush ofcases for trial.Conleysattorney, W. M. Smith, on Friday will file a written demand for a trial on theminutes of the court. This will insure Conley being tried during this

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Attorney W. M. Smith DeclaresHe Will Take Actionin Be-Half of Negro SomeTimeNext WeekAlthough no demand for a trial forJames Conley, the negro who says he assisted in disposing of Mary Phagansafter she was murdered in the National Pencil factory, has been filed, there isevery indication that such action will be taken by William M. Smith, hisattorney, next week.Attorney Smith had a demand for trialwritten and in his pocket Friday afternoon, when the criminal division of thesupporter court adjourned for the week, but did not file it, he says, becauseSolicitor General Hugh M.

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 22nd November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Miss Austin Took Law IntoHer Own Hands and BrokeIt, Says RecorderEditor The Journal:There seems to besome misapprehension about the case of the young woman who was fined the otherday for beating a white chauffeur with her umbrella on the public streets ofthe city.This case waswritten up in sensational style as that woman being fined for defending herselffrom a masher. Whereas, it was a very different case. The evidence showedthat a white chauffeur, driving a taxi-cab for a living, and located near thecorner of Luckie and Broad streets had hollered out to Miss

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 23rd November 1913,PAGE 52, COLUMN 3.PromotersHave Been Unableto Obtain Theater forDecember 6The entertainment planned to take placeDecember 6 to aid the Home for the Blind has been indefinitely postponedbecause no theater could be obtained for the occasion. S. V. D. fraternity willgive a benefit entertainment for the institution December 17, and it would nothave been feasible to hold a second entertainment for the same cause any laterin December.Those who had the entertainment incharge wish to thank Charles E. Sheldon, Jr., who volunteered to arrange amusical program, and Lamar Hill, who expressed a willingness to look after thedramatic

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 24th November 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.BY DR. RIDLEYIn the course of a short talk at theCentral Baptist church Sunday, Dr. Caleb A. Ridley, the pastor, paid a hightribute to Chief of Police J. L. Beavers, whose vice crusades have attracted somuch attention.Jim Beavers is Gods gift to us, saidthe pastor, and we thank God for him.Dr. Ridleysremarks were made after a sermon by Dr. Neighbours, the evangelist, who hasbeen preaching at the Central Baptist church the past week. Sunday there weremore than thirty members added to the church, according to the pastors report.Monday, 24th November 1913: Chief

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 5.FOLLOW MEI am the good shepherd;the good shepherd layethdown his life for the sheep.He that is a hireling fleeth.John 10-11:12Miss Edith Appleyard died Monday.She was once matron at Agnes ScottCollege.Christ touched her heart.She wished to serve.She said:--Send me to any placeonly put me whereI can reach and help the nethermost.Chief Beavers closed Atlantas housesof shame.Help was offered the fallen; BellSommers was saved; she gave mon-ey to founda home for them.Miss Appleyard came to give her life.She left Agnes Scott College.She became matron of Marthas Home.She went into the hells of earth tosave

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 26th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.DuBose and Richards InquireWhy Arrests ArentMade.No Money, Is AnswerA query as tothe attitude of the police and detective authorities toward blind tiger conditionswhich are alleged to exist in Atlanta, was the meat of a conference which Rev.Dr. H. M. DuBose and Rev. J. B. Richards, the former an official of the GeorgiaAnti-Saloon league, and the latter its secretary, had with Chief of PoliceBeavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford in the formers office Wednesday. TheAnti-Saloon leaguers were accompanied to the conference by J. W. Hewitt, aprivate detective.This querydeveloped the answer of the police

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 27th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.The old-fashioned oratorical lawyer, inhis Prince Albert coat and with beaver full of papers, is gone forever, JudgePendleton, of the superior court, told the members of the Atlanta Law schoolWednesday afternoon.Successful lawyers of today, the judgesaid, prepare their cases thoroughly and depend on the accurate and skillfulpresentation of facts to convince judges and jurors. The judge said in part:The old-time lawyer was a declaimer.He walked into the court with his meditative, Hamlet style, wearing a PrinceAlbert coat and carrying his papers in his silk hat. His vest was buttoned onlyat the bottom,

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 28th November 1913,PAGE 13, COLUMN 3.Mrs. L. Z. Rosser, Jr., was hostess atluncheon Friday at the Piedmont club in compliment to Miss Ruth Rosser and herguests, Miss Eva Renfro, Miss Clara Belle Glover, Miss Cynthia Ellis and MissNell Walker, who are college mates at Brenau.Luncheon was servedin the pink room and the group of young girls made a charming picture groupedaround a flower-laden table, the centerpiece of Killarney roses and all theminor details of the luncheon continuing a color scheme of rose pink.Friday, 28th November 1913: Beautiful Luncheon, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 29th November 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.A small stack of fodder left over froma Thanksgiving window decoration, two plate glass windows and Zeb, the buggyhorse of G. R. Garner, formed the cast of a little tragedy Friday afternoonmuch to the discomfiture of the King Hardware company at 442 Marietta Street.Zeb, who is about as well known asChief of Police Beavers, was standing in front of the Garner store, dozing infront of the Garner store, dozing peacefully when awakened by a passingtrolley. In the window of the King Hardware Company he spied a stack of fodderthat once formed a

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 30th November 1913,PAGE 48, COLUMN 2.First Grade C Boys Name So-ciey in His Honor Ex-pect SpeechBY Wm. A. MWHORTER.One company of Atlantas comingcitizens admire the great work of Chief Beavers, for the moral uplift of ourcity. Over at Tech High school the first grade boys of section C have organizeda literary society in honor of Chief Beavers and have named the organizationThe Chief Beavers Literary and Debating Society. The boys are enthusiasticin their support of the society and trust that they will be as successful inthe art of public speaking as the chief has been in his

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 1st December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Dr. Hurt Testifies Patient Was Given Morphine Injections by His Order and This Might Have Left TracesDr. J. W. Hurt, county physician, who attended the late Joshua B. Crawford, said on the witness stand in the civil litigation over the Crawford estate Monday it was his positive opinion that Crawford died of pneumonia, and not from poison administered by Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford or anyone else.The physician swore he did not believe it possible for him to have mistaken the cause of Crawford's death, and further asserted that the symptoms of morphia

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 3rd December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Marine Captain Says He Sought Minister's Aid in Domestic TroublesCaptain Ernest E. West, the marine officer who was arrested Monday on a charge of attacking Mrs. John H. Jones, his wife's mother, was fined $50.75 for disorderly conduct Tuesday afternoon by Recorder N. R. Broyles, who also bound him over to the state courts on a charge of assault and battery.His bond was fixed at $2,500 in the state case.It is expected that as the result of the action of the recorder the warrant in the court of Justice of the Peace

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 5th December 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.Chief of Police James L. Beavers has been presented with a handsome group picture of himself and the leading officers of his department, together with a photograph album showing pictures of every officer on the force.All of these pictures were reproduced in the current issue of The Detective, the national police journal, and were the gift of A. H. Dunlap, of The Detective staff.Friday, 5th December 1913: Photo Of Chiefs Staff Presented To Beavers, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 6th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Lawyers Completing Briefs to Be Ready for Supreme CourtDecember 15Solicitor General Dorsey Saturday secured an order from Judge Ben H. Hill, of the criminal division of the superior court, for the return to the clerk's office of the original papers in the case against Leo M. Frank, convicted of the Mary Phagan murder.The original papers were taken from the clerk's office on November 15 through an order signed by Judge Hill, which placed them in the hands of the counsel for the defense for twenty-five days from date.The order was revoked, however,

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 9th December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Joe Moore, a white boy, was sentenced to ten days in the stockade Monday by Recorder N. R. Broyles, when he was arraigned on a charge of begging on the streets.It is alleged Moore was engaged in a conversation with City Detective Rosser, and that a short time later he hung a "deaf and dumb" sign on his coat and walked into a bar room soliciting alms.The bartender knew of the conversation and advised the boy to "beat it," but he was arrested before he could get out of the back entrance,

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th December 1913,PAGE 8, COLUMN 2.Smilingly Tells Committee He Used Money to Pay His CampaignDebtsCity Electrician R. C. Turner Tuesday afternoon admitted to the joint bodies investigating charges against him, that the Elektron company, an association of the electrical contractors in Atlanta, gave him $525 last fall with which to pay off debts incurred during his campaign before the people.His explanation of the transaction was the statement, given with a smile, that "the newspapers got all that money for advertising bills. I didn't get a cent of it. I treated all the papers alike, giving them each

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 12th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Solicitor General Files Brief With Supreme Court, Pleading for Verdict Not Based on TechnicalitiesGREAT CASE TO BE HEARD NEXT MONDAY MORNINGJustices Probably Will Extend Time Limit for Argument,Owing to Length of Court RecordsA strong plea for substantial justice will feature the brief of the state in the case against Leo M. Frank, which will be filed with the clerk of the supreme court Friday.The state's brief will plead in the main that if any error was committed in the long trial before Judge L. S. Roan, certainly no error really harmful to

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 13th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Filing of State's Brief in Famous Murder Trial Final Act Before Hearing in Supreme Court Monday.NUMEROUS PRECEDENTS CITED IN DOCUMENTSJudge Roan's Remark That He Was Uncertain of Prisoner's Guilt Will Be Center of Defense's AttackWith the filing of the state's brief in the case of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, as plaintiff in error to the state supreme court, the documentary records in that case were completed late Friday night, and nothing remains but the arguments, set for bearing by the court next Monday.In its brief the

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 14th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Extraordinary Appeal, Writs of Habeas Corpus, Attempt to Reach Federal Tribunals,All Will Be UsedARGUMENTS WILL BEGIN AT CAPITOL TOMORROWTwo Days Will Be Occupied and Decision Hardly Will Be Rendered Before Middle of JanuaryThe supreme court of Georgia will hear arguments for and against a new trial for Leo M. Frank next Monday and probably through Tuesday.The court of last resort in Georgia sits only four hours a day when arguments are being heard, and the fixed rule is to allow two hours to the side in each case.However the volume of the

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Reuben Arnold and SolicitorGeneral Have Tilt Over Charge of Misstatements in FrankCase BriefsTWO DAYS OCCUPIED IN PLEA FOR A NEW TRIALSummary of ArgumentsDelivered Before Supreme Court Monday by Attorneys for Defense and ProsecutionWhen the state supreme court adjourned its session Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock half of the time which the court had agreed to give to arguments for and against the appeal of Leo M. Frank had been consumed.Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, for the defense, concluded his arguments at 11:40 o'clock, having spoken two hours and forty minutes.Solicitor H. M. Dorsey,