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Supplement to the Message of the Governor, John Slaton, to the General Assembly of Georgia, June 23, 1915. Opinions in case of the State vs. Leo Frank

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Image Gallery Page 1 SUPPLEMENT TO MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA June 23, 1915 OPINION IN CASE OF THE STATE VERSUS LEO FRANK Page 3 SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATE OF GEORGIA, June 21, 1915: In Re Leo M. Frank, Fulton Superior Court, sentenced to be executed June 22, 1915. Saturday, April 26, 1913, was Memorial Day in Georgia and a general holiday. At that time, Mary Phagan, a white girl of about 14 years of age, was in the employ of the National Pencil Company, located near the corner of Forsyth

Tom Watson: The Leo Frank Case, Watson’s Magazine the Jeffersonian Monthly, January 1915

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by Thomas E. Watson (pictured), Watson's Magazine, Volume 20 Number 3, January 1915 AN AGED MILLIONAIRE of New York had a lawyer named Patrick, and this lawyer poisoned his old client, forged a will in his own favor; was tried, convicted and sentenced—and is now at liberty, a pardoned man. Through the falling out among Wall Street thieves, it transpires that the sensational clemency of Governor John A. Dix, in favor of Albert T. Patrick, was inspired by a mining transaction involving millions of dollars. Patrick says, that he was "pardoned on the merits of the case." It was a negligible

Tom Watson: A Full Review of the Leo Frank Case, Watson’s Magazine the Jeffersonian Monthly, March 1915

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by Thomas E. Watson, Watson's Magazine, Volume 20 Number 5, March 1915 ON THE 23rd page of Puck, for the week ending January 16, 1915, there is, in the smallest possible type, in the smallest possible space, at the bottom of the page, the notice of ownership, required by law. Mankind are informed that Puck is published by a corporation of the same name, Nathan Strauss, Jr., being President, and H. Grant Strauss being Secretary and Treasurer. You are authorized, therefore, to give credit to the Strauss family for the unparalleled campaign of falsehood and defamation which Puck has persistently

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Watson: The Celebrated Case of The State of Georgia vs. Leo Frank, Watson’s Magazine the Jeffersonian Monthly, August 1915

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by Thomas E. Watson (pictured), Watson's Magazine, Volume 21 Number 4, August 1915 THE LAWS OF Georgia are extraordinarily favorable to a person accused of crime. He is not only protected in all of his rights under the Constitution of the United States, but he enjoys privileges far beyond those limits. No indictment against him will stand, if it can be shown that a single grand juror was disqualified, or failed to take an oath on that particular case. Therefore, our grand juries are bound in each case by a special oath, in addition to the usual general oath; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Watson: The Official Record in the Case of Leo Frank, a Jew Pervert, Watson’s Magazine the Jeffersonian Monthly, September 1915

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by Thomas E. Watson (pictured), Watson's Magazine, Volume 21 Number 5, September 1915 IN NEW YORK, there lived a fashionable architect, whose work commanded high prices. He was robust, full of manly vigor, and so erotic that he neglected a handsome and refined young wife to run after little girls. As reported in the papers of William R. Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer, and Adolph Ochs, the libertine architect had three luxurious suites of rooms fitted up for the use of himself, a congenial company of young rakes, and the young women whom they lured into these elegant dens of vice. Stanford

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Watson: The Rich Jews Indict a State!, Watson’s Magazine the Jeffersonian Monthly, October 1915

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The Whole South Traduced. In the Matter of Leo Frank. by Thomas E. Watson (pictured), Watson's Magazine, Volume 21 Number 6, October 1915 ABNORMAL CONDITIONS prevail in this country, and the situation grows more complicated, year by year. We have carried the "asylum" idea to such extravagant liberality, that the sewage of the whole world is pouring upon us. The human race was never known to do, before, what it is doing now, to America. History presents no parallel case. From the Great Lakes to the Gulf, and from Cape Hatteras to the Golden Gate, we see the same ominous,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday, 20th July 1913 Frank’s Lawyers Score Dorsey For His Stand

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 20th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Luther Rosser and ReubenArnold Declare He is Go-ing Out of His Way to Dic-tate to the Grand Jury.EXCEEDS PROVINCEOF SOLICITOR GENERALGrand Jury Will Meet at 10O'Clock Monday Morningto Take Up Conley Case.Call Is Sent Out.In reply to Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey's statements in regard to the proposed indictment by the grand jury of James Conley, the negro who has confessed complicity in the murder of Mary Phagan, Attorneys Reuben R. Arnold and Luther Z. Rosser issued a statement Saturday afternoon in which they openly attacked the stand taken by the solicitor

Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Date Of Frank Trial Depends On Weather

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 22nd July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Will Be Called Monday, ButMay Be Postponed if as Hotas Last Saturday.Continued From Page One.That the trial of Leo M. Frank depends to a great extent upon the weather was the indication given last night by Judge L. S. Roan, who will preside when the case is called next Monday. When the temperature went over 99 degrees last Saturday Judge Roan stated that he would not like to hold court in such weather and should it prove that hot next Monday he would be willing to a postponement of the Frank case.Judge

Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Mayor May Hold Up Dictagraph Warrant

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The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, PAGE 5, COLUMN 2. Objects to Paying Expenses of Installing Instrument in Williams House. A. R. Colcord, chairman of the police committee, has been asked to approve a warrant for $19 which represents the expense to which the detective department was put to install the dictagraph in room 36, Williams house. Chairman Colcord said Monday that he did not approve of the use to which the dictagraph was put, but explained that he has been informed that it was never intended to entrap Mayor Woodward or any other city official. "I think that

Thursday, 24th July 1913 Is It Lady-like To Look Like A Lady On Atlanta’s Streets?

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  The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, 24th July 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 2. Is it proper, also is it legal, for a real ladylike man to further simulate femininity and appear on the streets dressed in women's garb, provided this man be a professional female impersonator? This is a question which is troubling Miss beg your pardon Mr. Auriema, who is nightly appearing at one of Atlanta's moving picture show houses. Also, it is troubling Chief Beavers. If it is proper and legal for a woman to cut her hair and don male costume as did Belva Lockwood and Dr. Mary

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Watchman Tells Of Finding Body Of Mary Phagan

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 29th July 1913,.Trial Adjourns for the DayWhile Lee Is on the Stand,and His Cross-QuestioningWill Be Resumed Today.MOTHER AND THE WIFEOF PRISONER CHEER HIMBY PRESENCE AT TRIALJury Is Quickly Secured andMrs. Coleman, Mother ofthe Murdered Girl, Is FirstWitness to Take Stand.With a swiftness which was gratifying to counsel for the defense, the solicitor general and a large crowd of interested spectators, the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan on April 26, in the building of the National Pencil factory, was gotten under way Monday.When the hour of adjournment for the day had

Thursday, 31st July 1913 Photo By Francis E Price, Staff Photographer.

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 31st July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Miss Grace Hicks, an employee of the National Pencil factory, and a friend of Mary Phagan, who testified on Wednesday morning; Detective John Black (Wearing derby), who was put through severe cross-examination Wednesday afternoon by the defense, and Harry Scott, of the Pinkertons, who has had charge of this agency's investigation of the Phagan mystery. He will go on the stand today.PAGE 1, COLUMN 5NEW WITNESS SOUGHTBY SOLICITOR DORSEYCharles M. Wilt, Former Pris-Oner in Fulton Tower, MayTestify in Frank Case.Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey, it is understood, has wired to North Carolina for

Friday, 1st August 1913 Acquitted In The Same Court, She Believes His Innocent, The Atlanta Constitution

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  The Atlanta Constitution, Friday, 1st August 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 7. Photo by Francis E. Price. Staff Photographer. Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum, who was tried before Judge Roan for the murder of her husband, Jerome Appelbaum, and declared "not guilty," and Leo M. Frank, who is now on trial charged with the murder of Mary Phagan. Mrs. Appelbaum was an interested spectator at Frank's trial Thursday afternoon. PAGE 3, COLUMN 1 REPRESENTING STATE IN FRANK TRIAL Left to right: Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, Assistant Solicitor E. A. Stephens, and Attorney Frank A. Hooper. PAGE 4, COLUMN 1 Spots

Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Witnesses Called To Stand To Testify Against Frank

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The Atlanta Constitution, Saturday, 2nd August 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 3. Phone by Francis E. Price. Staff Photographer. From left to right: Mrs. George W. Jefferson, who was a witness on Thursday morning; R. P. Barrett, who testified to finding Mary Phagan's pay envelope and strands of her hair, and Mrs. Maggie White, who told of seeing strange negro in pencil factory on afternoon of crime. PAGE 2, COLUMN 4 Two Members of Jury Photo by Francis E. Price. Staff Photographer. On the left F. V. L. Smith, and on the right Beder Townsend. PAGE 3, COLUMN 4 HE IS

Monday, 4th August 1913 Their Testimony Is Important In The Trial Of Leo M. Frank

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 4th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.EMIL SELIG.DETECTIVE D. L. WAGONER.DR. H. F. (ROY) HARRIS.CHIEF NEWPORT LANFORD.Photo by Francis E. Price. Staff Photographer.Chief interest in the Frank case today centers int eh appearance at this afternoon's session of court of Dr. H. F. Harris, who collapsed on Friday afternoon while giving testimony fixing the murder hour of Mary Phagan. Detective D. L. Waggoner was on the stand Saturday morning. Emil Selig, father-in-law of Frank, will probably be called by the defense. Chief Lanford has been an interested spectator since the trial began. It was under his direction the

Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Women Are Playing Big Part In Trial Of Frank

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 6th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.From left to right: Striking photograph of Mrs. Leo Frank as she entered the courtroom Tuesday afternoon; grandmother of Mary Phagan. Two women spectators, who were excluded from the trial during Jim Conley's testimony.Photos by Francis E Price, Staff Photographer.PAGE 3, COLUMN 2Conley Leaving Courtroom After TestimonyPhoto by Francis E Price, Staff Photographer.Left to right: Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford, Jim Conley and Chief of Police James L. Beavers.PAGE 4, COLUMN 4Mayor Opposes Women Police.Mayor Woodward regards as doubtful the plan of Chief Beavers to appoint women on the police department. His

Thursday, 7th August 1913 Their Testimony Will Have Direct Bearing On Leo Frank’s Case

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 7th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Conley Leaving Courtroom After TestimonyPhoto by Francis E Price, Staff Photographer.Left to right: Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford, Jim Conley and Chief of Police James L. Beavers.PAGE 4, COLUMN 2SOLICITOR HUGH DORSEY.Thursday, 7th August 1913 Their Testimony Will Have Direct Bearing On Leo Frank's Case

Monday, 18th August 1913 Men on Frank Jury Must Be Some Mighty Good Husbands Asserts the Deputy in Charge

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The Atlanta Constitution, August 18th, 1913 “In my five years of experience as deputy sheriff in the criminal division of Fulton superior court,” said Plennie Miner, who needs an introduction to no one, “I have had to handle many, many juries in many famous murder cases, but I have never had less trouble and more ease in providing for twelve men than in the Leo Frank trial. “In the average jury, there are men from every walk of life, farmers, engineers, baggage men, clerks, merchants and professionals of all character. Some retire early at-night, some sit awake until past midnight.

Wednesday, 20th August 1913 State Is Hard Hit By Judge Ruling Barring Evidence Attacking Frank

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The Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, August 20th, 1913 Court Rules Out All Specific Acts of immorality Charged to Prisoner, Despite Vigorous Fight Made by Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, Who Had Called Many Witnesses to Prove His Character Bad. DR. SAMUEL BENEDICT COMES TO THE DEFENSE OF DR. ROY F. HARRIS State Makes Strong Effort to Show, That Minola McKnight Was Not Coerced Into Signing the Statement Which She Afterward Repudiated – Boy Says He Saw Frank With Mary Phagan. The state was given a big setback Tuesday when Judge Roan ruled out all specific acts of immorality charged to Frank which Solicitor

Wednesday, 20th August 1913 Witness Swears He Saw Frank Forcing Unwelcome Attentions Upon the Little Phagan Girl

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The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, August 20th, 1913. The most sensational testimony of the entire morning session was produced when Willie Turner, a young farmer of Sandy Springs, Georgia, an ex-employee of the pencil factory, was called by the prosecution. He testified that Frank knew Mary Phagan, and that on one occasion he had seen the superintendent and the victim in the metal room, when the girl was striving to get away from him and return to her work. He was questioned directly by the solicitor. “Where did you work in March, 1913?” “National Pencil factory.” “Did you know Leo Frank?”

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Frank Hooper Opens Argument In Leo Frank Case This Morning

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21st, 1913 Page 3. The opening argument in the Frank trial will be made at 9 o’clock this morning by Attorney Frank B. Hooper, associate counsel for the defense. Two hours probably will be occupied by each man in the closing arguments. Judge Roan, in a short talk to the attorneys for each side cautioned them against long argument, and insisted that each man dwell only on the facts of the case and the evidence. No time limit was set, although the prediction is widespread that no more than two hours will be occupied by

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Frank’s Character Bad Declare Many Women and Girls on Stand

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The Atlanta Constitution Thursday, August 21st, 1913. Solicitor Dorsey make a persistent effort Wednesday morning to show that the character of Leo Frank is anything but good. Ha laid particular stress upon his character as to his relations with women and girls, and introduced a large number of women who testified that in this respect his character was in their judgement bad. Among those who testified merely that his character was bad without going into details were: Mrs. Marion Dunnigan, who stated that she worked at the pencil factory two or three weeks about two years ago. She testified that

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Girls Testify to Seeing Frank Enter Dressing Room With Woman

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The Atlanta Constitution Thursday, August 21st, 1913. Following the introduction of the telegram Solicitor Hugh Dorsey began another attack on the character of Leo Frank and after a bitter wrangle secured the right to ask factory girls in regard to Frank's character in his relations to women. This was argued with the jury excused from the room and was the subject of a bitter fight, the state saying that when Frank on the stand had claimed himself to have always lived a virtuous life, he had opened up the way for the state to prove he was not of a

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Girls Testify to Seeing Frank Talking to Little Mary Phagan With His Hands on Her Person

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21st, 1913. Page 2. Girls Testify to Seeing Frank Talking to Little Mary Phagan With His Hands on Her Person The evidence brought out on Tuesday that Frank had frequently been seen talking to Mary Phagan and that while so doing had placed his hands upon her person, was corroborated by several witnesses on Wednesday. The first of these corroborative statements came when Miss Ruth Robinson was called to the stand by Dorsey. She testified that she had worked at the National Pencil factory and knew both Frank and Mary Phagan. “Have you ever seen

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Leo Frank Takes Stand Again Despite Objection of Dorsey

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21st, 1913 Page 2. In concluding the defense's case Attorney Arnold stated to the court that there were two or three matters which had developed to which he considered the defendant had a right to make a statement in rebuttal. A protest was made by the solicitor, but was overruled. Frank took the stand following the judge's decision. He was more vehement in tone than on the day of his statement, but was brief, concise and straight to the point. He occupied the chair only a few moments. “The statement of the Turner boy,” he

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Railway Employee Swears Car Reached Center of City at 12:03

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21st, 1913. Page 2. Several employees of the Georgia Railway and Power company were introduced by the prosecution Wednesday to testify as to the time of the arrival of the English avenue street car at Broad and Marietta streets on the day of the murder and to the fact that cars occasionally did arrive ahead of time. A witness was also introduced to show that Mary Phagan was not on the English avenue car after it turned into Broad street from Marietta, although the men in charge of the car had testified that she got

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Starnes Tells How Affidavit From Negro Cook Was Secured

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21, 1913. Page 3. John Starnes, prosecutor of Leo Frank, was put up to tell about the Minola McKnight affidavit. “Did you Investigate the scuttle hole around the elevator? was Dorsey's first question. An objection by the defense was overruled. “See any blood spots there? “No.” “Now, tell the jury about the Minola McKnight affidavit.” “Pat Campbell and I arrested her at the solicitor's office. We had gone to get a statement from her husband. We also had information from this husband that she had made the identical statement which she made in the affidavit.

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Swears That Frank Prepared Sheets in Less Than 2 Hours

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The Atlanta Constitution Thursday, August 21st, 1913 J. M. Gantt, who has been an important figure in the state's case, was called during the afternoon to testify to the length of time in which he has seen Frank make out the financial sheet and to the inaccuracy of the 'punch-clock on the second floor. “Did you ever see Frank make out the financial sheet?” Mr. Dorsey put. “Yes.” “How long did it take him to make it?” “With the data at hand, I have seen him make it out in an hour and a half.” “About this punch-clock-—was it accurate?”

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Testimony of Dr. Harris Upheld By Noted Stomach Specialists

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21, 1913 Page 2. Dr. Clarence Johnson, when called to the stand Wednesday morning as the first witness, designated the deductions of Dr. H. T. Harris in regard to the time of Mary Phagan’s death after eating as scientific statements based on scientific facts. When recalled to the stand Dr. Johnson, who is a noted stomach specialist, and who testified on Tuesday afternoon, was asked the direct question about what he would conclude from conditions such as Dr. Harris had reported finding in Mary Phagan’s body. He said he would say the girl had died

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Testimony of Hollis Assaulted by Witness

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21, 1913 Page 3. J. B. Reed, a tile layer, told of a talk with W. T. Hollis, a conductor, who, he declared, had expressed sorrow at having brought Mary Phagan into town on her last trip, the day she was slain. Hollis, just previously, had denied making such a statement. “Do you know W. T. Hollis,” the solicitor asked the witness. “Yes.” “Ever talk with him about Mary Phagan riding his car into town?” “Yes, on Monday following the murder. I got in his car at Broad and Hunter streets, and he told me

Thursday, 18th September 1913 Jews Are Organizing To Stop Defamation

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 18th September 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 5.Chicago. September 17 Prominent Jews today organized the Anti-Defamation League of America, whose object will be to stop by appeals to reason and conscience, and if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people.The new organization will be conducted under the auspices of the order of B'nai B'rith, a Jewish philanthropic organization, with a membership of 30,000, and will have branches in every large city in the country.The objects of the league are set forth in a statement issued by Adolph Kraus, of Chicago, president of the Order of

Monday, 22nd September 1913 Judge Roan Not To Hear Frank Trial Motion

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The atlanta Georgian,Monday, 22nd September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 6.JUDGE ROAN NOTTO HEAR FRANKTRIAL MOTIONFour Superior Judges Will ElectOne of Their Number toPass on Plea.The puzzle in regard to the judge who will hear the motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank as well as the date of the convening of the new branch of the Atlanta Superior Court, was cleared up somewhat Monday when it became known on good authority that Judge Ben Hill, appointed to the new judgeship, would tender his resignation as judge of the Court of Appeals on October 11.Should the motion for a new

Wednesday, 24th September 1913 Detective Black Not Blamed For Fighting

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The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 24th September 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Chief Beavers received a letter Tuesday morning from George Bodeker, of Birmingham, defending Detective John Black in the latter's recent trouble at Birmingham.Bodeker asserts that Black was not to blame for the fight he had with his prisoner, and declares that the people and police department of Birmingham and do not censure the detective.PAGE 6, COLUMN 1DENTON DENIESLURING GIRLSFROM HOMERearrested as Kidnaper After Re-lease on Habeas Corpus FromCharge of "Suspicion."John L. Denton, the Atlanta contractor who was arrested Tuesday on charges preferred by the parents of two girls he was said to

Thursday, 25th September 1913 Recall To Apply To All Big Offices

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The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 25th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Initiation and Referendum Addedto Old Charter WoodwardDelighted.By the adoption of the initiative, referendum and recall amendment to the city charger the votes of Atlanta can recall Mayor James G. Woodward, Recorder Nash Broyles, Police Chief James Beavers, Fire Chief W. B. Cummings, School Superintendent Slaton, and any of the twenty Councilmen or ten Aldermen, any Board member and any head of a city department, according to a ruling by City Attorney James L. Mayson Thursday.Mayor James G. Woodward and the City Council accept this ruling as final.The Mayor issued a formal statement

Friday, 26th September 1913 Judge Roan To Hear Arguments Asking Retrial For Frank

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The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 26th September 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Judge L. S. Roan, who pronounced sentence upon Leo M. Frank in Georgia's greatest murder trial, in an informal statement Friday made it plain that he considered it his duty to hear the arguments for a new trial to be made in behalf of the prisoner.Judge Roan's attitude is known to be in line with that of the judges of the Superior Court, one of whom would otherwise have to hear the case.It is considered likely therefore that nothing will be put in the way of Judge Roan hearing the argument and

Sunday, 28th September 1913 Judge Hill May Hear Frank Case

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The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 28th September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 5.Notice of Judge Roan CompelsSolicitor Dorsey to PrepareAnswer By October 11.Who will sit as judge on the appeal of Leo Frank's lawyers for a new trial?Judge L. S. Roan, eager to dispose of all his Superior Court cases before he takes the seat on the Court of Appeals bench to which he was appointed. Saturday requested Solicitor General Dorsey to have all pending motions set for October 4 and October 11. He expressed at the same time the hope that the Frank motion be decided, so far as the Superior Court is

Monday, 29th September 1913 Delay On Frank Hearing Seems Unavoidable

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The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 29th September 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.Dorsey Can Not Tell if He WillBe Ready by Saturday, andRosser Says Nothing.Postponement of the hearing of the motion next Saturday for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, appeared certain Monday, according to information from various authoritative sources.The probabilities of the motion being heard before Judge Roan, the trial judge, were as much in doubt as ever, despite the fact that Judge Roan has expressed a desire to see the case disposed of before he retries from the bench, as well as the desire

Tuesday, 30th September 1913 Frank Ready For New Fight Rosser Ready. Roan Will Hear Frank Argument

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The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 30th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.SOLICITOR EXPECTED TO SEEK DELAYDefense to File Plea for New TrialWednesday State FacesDifficult Task.Fight for the life of Leo M. Frank, sentenced to be hanged Oct 10, 1913, for the murder of Mary Phagan, will assume activity Wednesday, when the papers in the motion for a new trial will be filed by attorneys for the defense.Solicitor Hugh Dorsey will begin an examination of the papers immediately in an effort to complete his answer by Saturday, the date set for the hearing of the motion for a new trial.Regardless of the success or

Tuesday, 30th September 1913 Speculation Is Rife As To Who’ll Hear Leo Frank’s Motion, The Atlanta Constitution

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  The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 30th September 1913, PAGE 5, COLUMN 3. Speculation on whether or not the hearing of argument for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of little Mary Phagan, which is set for Saturday, will be heard, is now rife among courthouse officials. In case the hearing comes up then, Judge L. S. Roan, who presided at the trial in August, will have charge of the hearing, is the general opinion. Whether or not the case will come up on that date, however, is unknown. Solicitor Hugh Dorsey is doing all he

Sunday, 5th October 1913 Indefinite Respite Is Given Frank As Juror Charges Flood

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The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 5th October 1913,PAGE 5.Hearing of Motion for New Trial IsPostponed on Motion of SolicitorDorsey. Henslee Indignantly DeniesAllegation That He Was Biased.Confronted by 173 pages of alleged errors made by the trial judge, nine volumes of evidence and a mass of affidavits charging prejudice on the part of the jury. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and his assistant, A. H. Stephens, Monday morning will begin in earnest their work of combating the legal issues raised by the defense in its motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the National pencil factory, convicted of the

Saturday, 1st November 1913: Trial Judge Says Last Word On Bias Of Jury, Declares Court Of Appeals, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, Saturday, 1st November 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 7. Important Decision Handed Down, Following Close Up- on Heels of Judge Roans Decision in Frank Case, in Which He Decided Jurors Were Competent, and De- nied New Trial. FRANKS LAWYERS WILL TAKE CASE IMMEDIATELY TO THE SUPREME COURT Bill of Exceptions Filed to Rulings of Judge Roan. Rosser and Arnold Renew Their Expressions of Faith in Their Clients Innocence and Will Fight Bitterly. Following upon the heels of Judge Roans decision denying Leo M. Frank a new trial, the court of appeals affirmed an old principle of law yesterday

Sunday, 2nd November 1913: Judges Of Municipal Court Named Saturday Afternoon Supplant Peace Justices, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 2nd November 1913, PAGE 3, COLUMN 1. The four judges of the superior court of Fulton county last Saturday named the five Atlantans who will sit as judges in the new municipal court established by recent act of the legislature. The court will organize and begin active service on January 1, 1914. The five men named to the new civil branch are L. F. McClelland, E. L. Thomas, J. B. Ridley, T. O. Hathcock and Luther Rosser, Jr. The new court will take the place of the justice of peace courts in Fulton county, and is

Monday, 3rd November 1913: Judges Of New Court Are Named, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, Monday, 3rd November 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 4. Four of the five judges of the municipal court, which will take the place in Atlanta of the courts of the justices of the peace, are shown here. At the top on the left is Eugene D. Thomas, and on the right L. F. McClelland. Below are Luther Z. Rosser, Jr., and James B. Ridley, the latter the only justice of the peace to get on the new court. The fifth judge of the municipal court, T. O. Hathcock, is not shown in the picture. PAGE 1, COLUMN 4

Tuesday, 4th November 1913: Municipal Court Positions Sought By Over 1,000 Men, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 4th November 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMNS 3 & 4. PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 From left to right, Luther Rosser, Jr., T. A. Hathcock, Eugene D. Thomas, J. B. Ridley, and L. F. McClelland.           PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 The five judges of the new municipal court will receive their commissions from Governor Slaton on his return to the city Friday. So soon as they are officially confirmed in their positions they will hold a meeting, and before the week is out will probably name the chief marshal, chief clerk and the four

Wednesday, 5th November 1913: Highwaymen Given Limit Of The Law, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 5th November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Judge Ben H. Hill Tries OneDozen Cases Second Dayof Sitting.The second days session of thecriminal branch of the superior court, with Judge Ben Hill on the bench, sawthe completion of a dozen cases before adjournment Tuesday.Judge Hill, whose leniency was noted onMonday towards prisoners at the bar, reversed his attitude on Tuesday and intwo instances inflicted the full penalty of the law where highwaymen werebrought before him.I do not believe in any plea that aman could make excusing his acts when he is caught red-handed, so to speak,robbing a citizen of this

Thursday, 6th November 1913: Dorsey Spent $1,145.39 In The Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 6th November 1913,PAGE 8, COLUMN 5.Itemized Expense Account Is FiledWith the CountyBoard.Revealingin a new light the wide probe made by the state in its successful effort toconvict Leo Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan, the itemized account ofSolicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey was filed for payment with the countycommissioners on Wednesday afternoon.Amongthe items which appear on the expense account were fees of $25 to R. A.Flakman, finger-print expert, who examined the finger marks on the Phagangirls bloody garments; another of $100, paid to Albert S. Osborn, the notedNew York hand-writing expert, who compared the handwriting of

Friday, 7th November 1913: Thomas Is Given Chief Judgeship, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 7th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.J. B. Ridley, Luther Rosser,Jr., and Chief Judge WillServe Four Years, McClel-land and HathcockTwo.E. D. Thomas is to be the chief judgeof the new municipal court for a term of four years.J. B. Ridley and Luther Rosser, Jr.will also serve for terms of four years.L. F. McClelland and T. O. Hathcockwill be judges for terms of two years each.These appointments were announced byGovernor Slaton just before he left the city late yesterday afternoon forDublin. The commissions of the new judges when issued will date from January 1,1914.Much Pressure Brought.Not often has such

Sunday, 9th November 1913: A Dead Hero Is The Poorest Sort Of A Husband; Boots Rogers, Hero Extraordinary, Learns Lesson, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 9th November 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.Photos by Francis E. Price.Upper picture: Boots Rogers, at extreme right, standing besideautomobile with detectives with whom he worked on the Phagan murder mystery.Lower illustrations: Rogers at time of the Frank trial, his daughter, Louise,and his wife, who formerly was Miss Louise Petty.By Britt Craig.The littleclock ticked impatiently between the statue of the market girl and the boy withthe finishing rod on the mantelpiece. The folding doors were closed, and theshades came plumb down to the sill.W. W. (Boots) Rogers got down on one knee inappropriate attitude of humbleness on the flower-bordered

Monday, 10th November 1913: War Is Declared On Beer Saloons And Locker Clubs, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 10th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Committee Appointed toTake Up Matter of LawEnforcement With PoliceChief and Grand Jury.LIQOUR BOTTLES SHOWNAT MEETING ON SUNDAYAudienceTold They WerePurchased From Clubsby Non-MembersNearBeer SaloonsAttacked.War to the knife was declared on thebreweries, near beer saloons and locker clubs operating in Atlanta and thestate of Georgia, and a committee of twenty-five representative clients wasappointed to take up the matter of law enforcement with the police authoritiesand the grand jury at the mass meeting held Sunday afternoon in the Grandtheater, which was called by the Georgia Anti-Saloon league for theconsideration of measures which will prohibit the

Tuesday, 11th November 1913: No Postponement In Frank Hearing, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 11th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Supreme Court Issues Rul-ing That Argument in theMurder Case Must BeginAbout December 15.There will besuspension of the rules of the supreme court to give attorneys more time inwhich to prepare to argue the Frank case, notwithstanding the fact that counselfor the state and for the defense united in a request for more time. After abrief conference of the justices yesterday morning it was decided that if thepapers reached the court by December 1 the argument will be set down for aboutDecember 15.Following theconference of the justices, Clark Harrison announced to the attorneys

Wednesday, 12th November 1913: Objected To Shaving Fellow Policeman, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 12th November 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.The board of police commissioners wasthrown into whispered speculation last night when Chief James L. Beavers andMayor Woodward, for the first time since the Beavers administration, agreedupon any one matter of consequence.This agreement came on a motion to deny the application ofex-Policeman George H. Spratling for reinstatement upon the force. Spratling,exactly one year ago, had resigned from the force under charges which had beenpreferred against him before the commission by Chief Beavers.The charges grew out of an alleged visit the ex-policeman hadmade to the home of a woman, where, it was claimed

Thursday, 13th November 1913: Woman Who Led Campaign To Put End To Vice In Chicago Confers With Chief Beavers, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 13th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Photos by Francis E.Price.ChiefBeavers, who stamped out Atlantas segregated district, and Virginia Brooks,who started big fight on vice in Chicago. This picture was taken Wednesdayafternoon by The Constitutions photographer, in Chief Beavers office.When yesterday afternoon at 5oclock, a loud report, as if from a miniature cannon, resounded from theprivate office of Chief Beavers in police headquarters, and activity there fora moment ceased. It was only a local photographer who caught the chief just asshe grasped in warm welcome the little hand of Virginia Brooks, that celebratedyoung western woman who cleaned up the

Friday, 14th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 14th November 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 2.Offices:202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.Long-DistanceTelephone 3022, 3024, and 3025, Atlanta, Ga.PAGE 7, COLUMN 5TRIAL OFJIM CONLEYPOSTPONED TO MONDAYCourtThought to Be AwaitingAction of Court ofAppeal.Without explaining this cause, JudgeBen Hill, on Thursday, postponed the trial of Jim Conley, as accessory afterthe fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, until Monday.Conley was ready for trial but when hewas called to the bar in the Thrower building and as Solicitor General Dorseyarose to address the court, Judge Hill said:I have decided to postpone this caseuntil Monday.A hurried conference between JudgeHill,

Saturday, 15th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law., The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.Offices:202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.Long-Distance Telephone 3022, 3024, and 3025, Atlanta, Ga.Saturday, 15th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law., The Atlanta Constitution

Sunday, 16th November 1913: Woodward Vetoes Fence Resolution, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 16th November 1913,PAGE 8, COLUMN 3.DeclaresContractors Have NoRight to Use the Streetsof Atlanta.Mayor James G. Woodward has vetoed theresolution passed up by council at its last meeting authorizing the Calhounestate to erect a fence in the street at the corner of Broad and Alabamastreets.At a former meeting of council asimilar permit was rejected, and the mayor ordered Chief of Police Beavers tonotify the contractors to move the fence back to the sidewalk.The streets and sidewalks belong tothe people, and the city council has no authority under the law to allowcontractors or any individual to use any part

Monday, 17th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law., The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.Offices:202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.Long-Distance Telephone 3022, 3024, and 3025, Atlanta, Ga.Monday, 17th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law., The Atlanta Constitution

Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Conleys Trial Waits On The Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE 15, COLUMN 4.JudgeHill Will Not Disposeof It Until Frank CaseIs Settled.Despitethe assertion of William M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, that he woulddemand an early trial for the negro sweeper, whose testimony did most toconvict Leo Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan, it was reported Late Mondaythat Judge Ben Hill, of the criminal branch of the superior court, would notplace the case for trial until after the retrial motion now before the supremecourt was disposed of.JudgeBen Hill is acting on his own initiative in the matter and his position isopposed to that of

Wednesday, 19th November 1913: First Murder Trial Before Judge Hill, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 19th November 1913,PAGE 14, COLUMN 2.Will Burnett, a negro, was convicted ofmanslaughter in Judge Ben Hills division of the superior court on Tuesday. Hewas given a twenty-year sentence.The negro made a statement to the juryin which he declared that in altercation with another negro, he was gettingbeaten by a club and, in self-defense, he pulled a knife and stabbed the negrothrough the abdomen. His statement saved him from sterner fate.The negro was the first man chargedwith murder to be tried by Judge Hill since his appointment to the criminalbranch of the Fulton county superior court.Wednesday, 19th November

Thursday, 20th November 1913: Nation-wide Search For Missing Wife, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE 10, COLUMN 4.A letter revealing the sorrowful story of a husbandsnation-wide search for his missing wife has come to Chief Beavers from Russell,Iowa, to which W. W. Wolfe, a native of Montgomery went in the hope offinding the woman.Mrs. Wolfe disappeared from Montgomery severalmonths ago, the letter states. The husband, accompanied by their 4-year-olddaughter, trailed her through several northern states, losing track of her inIowa.In Russell his funds were exhausted andhe was forced to go to work. Following several weeks of residence in that cityhe learned through the newspapers of the case of an

Friday, 21st November 1913: Jim Conleys Case Is Once More Delayed, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 5.JimConleys case did not come up before Judge Ben Hill in the criminal division ofthe superior court Thursday.Onrequest of Solicitor General Dorsey, who bowed to the wishes of the judge, thecase was left on the docket to be tried at some future date, as yet unnamed.WilliamSmith, attorney for the negro, was in court during the morning session, butrefused to discuss his clients case in any manner save to remark that hewould press the matter to early trial, if possible.Itis not now believed the factory sweeper, whose testimony was largelyresponsible for the conviction

Saturday, 22nd November 1913: Will Ask Early Trial For Factory Sweeper, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 22nd November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 4.Despite the attitude of Judge Hill andthe Solicitor General, William Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, will makestrenuous effort next week to have the negro factory sweeper, whose storyconvicted Leo M. Frank, of the Phagan murder, brought to early trial.The case was advanced again on Thursdayby Judge Hill and while Mr. Smith was in court he made no objection to theprocedure and it was taken for granted that he acquiesced in the matter ofpostponement.On Friday, Mr. Smith made the statementthat he would formally demand the early trial of his negro client when thecriminal

Sunday, 23rd November 1913: Burlesque Probe Started By Chief And By Recorder, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 23rd November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Order Goes Forth That Costumes Must Not Be TooAbbreviated and No GirlsUnder 16 Employed.SHOWS AREVERY TAMEWHEN BEAVERS APPEARSChief MakesRound of theHouses Saturday Nightand Finds Chorus GirlsDemurely Clad.Alleged burlesque naughtiness isbeing probed in Atlanta. Chief Beavers, one of his trusty men and Recorder NashBroyles have shouldered muskets in the war against rumored conditions in low-pricedVaudeville and burlesque theaters in the city. The first skirmish in the battleto end theatrical vulgarity and the appearances of young girls on local stageshas already been fought. The big battle will probably be fought this week inpolice court.Plans

Monday, 24th November 1913: Burlesque Houses Willing For Chief To Act As Censor, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 24th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Alleged burlesque naughtiness isbeing probed in Atlanta. Chief Beavers, one of his trusty men and Recorder NashBroyles have shouldered muskets in the war against rumored conditions in low-pricedVaudeville and burlesque theaters in the city. The first skirmish in the battleto end theatrical vulgarity and the appearances of young girls on local stageshas already been fought. The big battle will probably be fought this week inpolice court.Plans of the campaign were made knownlast night by Chief of Police Beavers. The head of the police forceacknowledged that for some time past his aides have

Tuesday, 25th November 1913: Conleys Lawyer Will Ask Immediate Trial, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 8, COLUMN 4.Attorney William Smith will today inthe criminal branch of the superior court make formal demand that his negroclient, Jim Conley, the factory sweeper whose testimony convicted Leo Frank ofthe Phagan murder, be given immediate trial.Following a conference late Mondaybetween Attorney Smith and Solicitor Dorsey, Smith announced that he wouldwaive a jury trial for his client and await the courts decision as to whetherhis man shall be sentenced under a misdemeanor of felony charge.The indictment against Conley chargeshim with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of the Phagan girl.Attorney Smith

Wednesday, 26th November 1913: Conley Will Be Tried During January Term, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 26th November 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 4.Negro Factory Sweeper Appears in Court in order toHave the TimeSet.Jim Conley, the negro factory sweeperwho was a witness against Leo Frank in his trial for the murder of Mary Phagan,will be tried during the January term of the criminal court of Fulton county.This was made possible Tuesday whenConley, ready for trial, appeared before Judge Ben Hill, of the superior court,and, through his attorney, demanded trial.Conley was brought into court from theprisoners bullpen, looking smug and all smiles. So soon as court wasofficially opened. Solicitor General Dorsey called the courts attention to

Thursday, 27th November 1913: Gone Are The Days Of Oratory At The Bar, Says Pendleton, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 27th November 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 4.Stick to facts.Cut out the Fourth of July oratoricalfireworks.State your casebefore the jury tersely and briefly.Such was the advice of Judge John T. Pendleton,senior judge of the Fulton county superior court, as given by him Wednesdayafternoon in an address before the students of the Atlanta Law school. Hedeclared that the old days of flowery oratory at the bar are gone forever, andthat in the courts of today the forceful presentation of true facts alone isnecessary in successful law pleading.Judge Pendletons was the third of aseries of addresses being delivered before the law

Friday, 28th November 1913: Judge Roan Saves Youth From Sentencing Himself, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 28th November 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.To a Term inChaingangOne of Judge L. S. Roans last officialacts as a Fulton county superior court judge was the saving of a young lad onSaturday from sentencing himself to the chaingang.Davis Bonner, aged 16, recently wasarrested on a charge of burglary. He was indicted and faced a long chaingangsentence. It developed during his stay in jail that the lad had sworn that hewas 18 years of age when in reality he was but 16.When Judge Roan learned the factthrough a plea to the jurisdiction of the criminal court, filed by AttorneyLeonard

Saturday, 29th November 1913: Gillham Must Pay His Wife Alimony, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 29th November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Mrs. Annie G. Gillham, who recentlyfiled suit for divorce against her husband, Walter L. Gillham, manager of theSouthern Photo Material company, was awarded $50 per month temporary alimonyand the custody of her children, by order of Judge Pendleton, in the superiorcourt, Friday.Mrs. Gilliam, in her recent divorcesuit, which is now pending, declared that her husband was an habitual drunkardand had on more than one occasion tried to kill her. She averred that thehusband all but deserted her and her children and left them without support.She stated that her husband warned about $126

Sunday, 30th November 1913: Colyar Arrested On Cheat Charges, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 30th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Lawyer Heldby Local De-tectives to Answer War-rant SwornOut for Him inRome, Ga.A. S. Colyar, principal figure inthe famous dictagraph case during the Mary Phagan murder investigation, wasarrested by detectives yesterday on a warrant sworn out in Rome, Ga., chargingcheating and swindling.He was carried to police headquartersto await the arrival of Rome officials. He denies the charge emphatically, anddeclares that he will be promptly freed and cleared. The exact circumstancesare not known. The warrant was issued for H. J. Awtry, it is said, whose homeis in Rome.Chief Lanford stated to a Constitutionreporter last

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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