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The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 4th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.ASSERTS GUN TOTING IS MENACENew Justice Tells Body It Must NotSpareLiquor LawViolators Judge Ben Hill, in his first official act as a member of the Superior Court bench, Monday opened a campaign against illegal traffic in intoxicants, with especial reference to locker clubs which may be violating the prohibition laws.Charging his first Grand Jury, he urged the most careful inquiry into the conditions under which the locker clubs are operating, and if any were found to be disregarding the law in any way to indict the men operating them."There are rumors that

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 5th November 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 2.Attorneys Hold That Roan's ExpressedDoubt Will Make Rehearing Assured.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank Tuesday made the declaration that the Supreme Court of Georgia could avoid giving their client a new trial only by upsetting a well-established precedent and by reversing every Supreme Court decision which has borne on the trial judge's duty to set aside a verdict of guilty for which he is not convinced there was sufficient warrant.Roan's Position Clear."Judge Roan went out his way to make his stand in the matter perfectly clear. He mentioned that the case had given

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 6th November 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 2."So many people mispronounce the name of the senior Senator from Wisconsin," said Wiliam Schley Howard to-day, "and there really is no difficulty whatever about it. It is pronounced the easiest way imaginable simply 'La Fo-let.' The accent is on the 'Fol.'""So many people undertake to give it a French twist and pronounce it 'La Fol-ay,' while others insist upon 'La Fol-ette,' with the accent on the 'ette.'""Both of these pronunciations are out of the ordinary and much harder to get away with than just plain 'La Fol-et!'""Really, 'La Fol-et' is all

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 10th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.It is expected that Jim Conley, the negro whose testimony featured the trial of Leo M. Frank, will be taken before Judge Ben H. Hill, in the Fulton County Criminal Court, Tuesday morning and plead guilty to the charges against him as accessory to the killing of Mary Phagan.The attorneys for Conley have not stated whether they will go to a trial or whether they simply will have the negro plead guilty and ask fort the mercy of the court.At the Solicitor's office, though, it is understood he will plead guilty.Conley has

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 11th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.It is expected that Jim Conley, the negro whose testimony featured the trial of Leo M. Frank, will be taken before Judge Ben H. Hill, in the Fulton County Criminal Court, Tuesday morning and plead guilty to the charges against him as accessory to the killing of Mary Phagan.The attorneys for Conley have not stated whether they will go to a trial or whether they simply will have the negro plead guilty and ask fort the mercy of the court.At the Solicitor's office, though, it is understood he will plead guilty.Conley has

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 12th November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 8.TO PLEAD GUILTY AS AID TO FRANKTwo Indictments as Accessory in Phagan CasePending NegroWill Deny Felony Charge.Jim Conley, the State's star witness against Leo M. Frank and an admitted accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, was taken from the Tower Wednesday morning to await the calling of his case in the court of Judge Ben H. Hill.Two indictments were found against Conley by the Fulton County Grand Jury.Both charged him with being accessory after the fact, but one of the indictments involved only a misdemeanor while the other

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 13th November 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 4.That the disposition of the cases against Jim Conley, negro accuser of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murderer of Mary Phagan, will be no mere cut-and-dried affair was indicated Thursday afternoon when Jim was taken before Judge Ben Hill.The two cases one charging a felony and the other a misdemeanor were read, and then Solicitor Dorsey announced that he wanted the case tried on its merits.Judge Hill said he would hear the case Friday morning.W. M. Smith, the negro's lawyer, was in court ready to demand that his client be tried.There

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 14th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing his case in the Fulton County Court.Rosser is representing the Texas Company and Arnold appears for Purcell.Purcell alleges he made a contract with the Texas company for 49,000 barrels of gasoline the company failed to deliver.The price advanced and Purcell claims he could have made a quarter of a million profit.PAGE XXX, COLUMN 5CONLEY TRIAL ON MERITS ASKED BY DORSEYThat

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing his case in the Fulton County Court.Rosser is representing the Texas Company and Arnold appears for Purcell.Purcell alleges he made a contract with the Texas company for 49,000 barrels of gasoline the company failed to deliver.The price advanced and Purcell claims he could have made a quarter of a million profit.PAGE 8, COLUMN 4Frank FilesReasons for New TrialPHAGAN CASE IN

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 16th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 1.Smith Demands Speedy Hearing, But None Is Likely Until the Phagan Decision.Rumor was current Saturday, after the filling with the Supreme Court of the bill of exceptions and brief of evidence to be used in arguing for a new trial for Leo M. Frank that Jim Conley, despite the determined efforts of his attorney to obtain an immediate hearing, would not be placed on trial as an accessory in the murder of many Phagan until after the Supreme Court disposes of Frank's petition for a new trial.W. M. Smith, Conley's counsel, repealed

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.PHAGAN CASE IN SUPREME COURTArgument To Be Set for December 15 and Final Decision May Be Made by March.All doubt as to when the arguments will be heard by the Supreme Court in the Frank case was set at rest Saturday, when the bill of exceptions, properly certified, was filed with the clerk of the court for record.This means the case will go on the calendar for argument on December 15, although actual argument may not be heard for three or four days thereafter.Arguments in the case may be made either orally

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.Negro's Counsel Tuesday Will Demand Immediate Hearing, Attitude SurprisesDorsey.The absence from the city W. M. Smith attorney for Jim Conley, prevented the calling of Jim Conley's case Monday on the charge of being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan.Smith declared before he left for Macon, where he will appear as counsel in a white slave case, that he would fight every further effort to delay the trial of Conley.He said that at once upon his return to Atlanta, he would file a demand upon the court for

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith stated that he would hold a conference with Solicitor Dorsey and Judge Ben Hill, in whose court the trial will be heard, Thursday afternoon when he would protest against a further delay in the hearing of his client's case, and would urge its immediate disposal.Solicitor Dorsey Thursday stated, however, that the negro's trial had been put off indefinitely.Conley, who is

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith stated that he would hold a conference with Solicitor Dorsey and Judge Ben Hill, in whose court the trial will be heard, Thursday afternoon when he would protest against a further delay in the hearing of his client's case, and would urge its immediate disposal.Solicitor Dorsey Thursday stated, however, that the negro's trial had been put off indefinitely.Conley, who is

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Jim Conley, when sensational story helped to convict Leo M. Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan, was taken once more from his cell in the Tower Tuesday to the courthouse.Solicitor Dorsey said he was not sure that Conley's case would be reached.W. M. Smith, Conley's lawyer, has insisted that his case be settled at once, and will urge Judge Hill to pass sentence or give him a jury trial.It seemed likely Tuesday that the negro would, with his lawyer's consent, have the facts presented to the court and not insist on

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 26th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 5.EditorThe Georgian:I herewith inclose a communication for publication, if you see fit to accept same.There is really some doubt in my mind as to whether you will publish his article for the reason that I have failed to see a single article in your paper defending this court trial of Leo Frank.However, I am going to assume that you will be fair enough to allow both sides of the case to be presented to your readers.I have been a constant reader of your paper practically from its first issue; a good many

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 6th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.CITY CLEAN NOW, SAYS CHIEF"The Law and Noble Policemen My Weapons in Fight," He Writes in Magazine."All the good people of any city have to do is to stand together and the gates of hell will not prevail against them the good people of Atlanta would never tolerate a return to old conditions under any circumstances."This declaration as to the moral status of Atlanta is made by Police Chief James L. Beavers in a special signed article in The Detective, of Chicago, which has devoted an entire section of its December number

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 12th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.BRIEFS FOR FINAL LIFEBATTLE READYTrialJudge Termed "Vacillating" by Defense Attorneys Hearing Likely to Start Monday.Severe criticism is made of Judge L. S. Roan for certain phases of his conduct of the trial of Leo M. Frank and for his refusal to grant a new trial, even though he himself had doubt as to the defendant's guilt, in the brief and argument prepared by Frank's lawyers to be presented to the Supreme Court of Georgia next Monday.The document was received from the printers Thursday.The brief of evidence, another bulky document, will be completed

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 13th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.MOB TRIED FRANK, IS DEFENSE CHARGEBoth SidesCriticize Court in Long BriefsFiled in Appeal to Supreme Court.Judge L. S. Roan, presiding judge in the famous Frank trial, Friday trial, Friday found himself between two raking fires of criticism.The bombardment was opened by the defense in the great legal battle.Weak and vacillating in his conduct of the case, disposed to shirk his duty as a judge, unable to rule his court with a firm and just hand these are the charges buried at him in the brief and argument of the defense lawyers.If the

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 15th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.NEW TRIAL PLANNED AT START, HE SAYSProsecutor Calls Grounds Submitted by Defense "Hodgepodge" and "Catch All."That Leo Prank's lawyer are engaged in a "post-mortem" attempt to obtain a new trial for their client is the charge repeatedly made in the brief and argument completed Saturday by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and served upon the attorneys for the defense.Some of the grounds for a new trial advanced by the defense Dorsey characterizes as "hodgepodge and catch all," and ridicules the assertion that Frank was tried by a mob rather than by a

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 16th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.FELDER TO TALK FOR STATENEXTJustices Likely Will Try to Reach Decision on Appeal by the End of January.Repeating his vehement assertions that Leo M. Frank is without a vestige of legal or moral right, to any sort of respite from the hangman's noose, Solicitor Dorsey concluded his address before the Supreme Court of Georgia Tuesday in opposition to a new trial for the factory superintendent.The Solicitor maintained that Frank had obtained a fair and impartial trial, despite the assertion to the contrary of counsel for the defense.He said that nothing essentially prejudicing

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 17th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.FELDER HIT BY ROSSER IN FINAL PLEAA third time within less than four months the fate of Leo M. Frank hangs in the balance.Arguments in the appeal for a new trial were concluded Tuesday before the Supreme Court by an eloquent and scathing address by Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel for the convicted man.When adjournment was taken at 1 o'clock by Justices Atkinson, Evans and Hill the case was in their hands for consideration.Frank and his friends first awaited the outcome of the charges of murder against him on August 25

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 18th December 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Impartial observers, people with minds unprejudiced and free of bias, must have sighed a weight of sincere relief from their souls when, at last, the arguments closed in the Supreme Court hearing of the Frank case, and that famous cause had been given finally into the keeping of Georgia's highest court of review.The public generally will incline to think that little if anything of further light was thrown upon the case by either side to the controversy, so far as the oratorical efforts pro and con were concerned in the Supreme Court.And,

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 20th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.DISTORTION OF FACTS IS ALLEGEDSolicitor's Statement as to Time Slip Taken From Factory Is Vigorously Assailed.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank announced Friday that they were engaged in the preparation of a supplemental brief, in which they proposed to call to the attention of the Supreme Court of Georgia portions of Solicitor General Dorsey's argument and brief, which, they assert, are filled with glaring misstatements and misrepresentations.One of the statements of the Solicitor which the defense is attacking most vigorously in its supplemental brief is in reference to the time slip taken out

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 27th December 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Judge's Doubt as to Guilt or Innocence of Prisoner Subject of Extended ArgumentJudge L. S. Roan's doubt as to the guilt or innocence of Leo M. Frank, given expression at the time the motion for a new trial was overruled, will be the subject of an extended argument in the supplemental brief to be filed Saturday with the Supreme Court by the attorneys for the defense.Because of Attorney General Felder's vigorous argument before the Supreme Court, attacking the validity of the incorporation of Judge Roan's expression of doubt in the bill of