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Friday, 31st October 1913: Roan Keeps Frank Decision Secret, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 31st October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.RULING WILL BE KNOWN FRIDAYJudge L. S. Roan, who has under consideration...
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Thursday, 30th October 1913: Frank Alibi Upheld By Rosser In Closing, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 30th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Declares Negro's TestimonyImpeached by State's Own Witness.Leo M. Frank's alibi on the...
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Wednesday, 29th October 1913: Negro’s Statement Legal Evidence, He Says; State Closes, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 29th October 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMNS 1 & 7.DORSEY DEFENDS CONLEY TESTIMONYMaking a determined stand in behalf of...
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Tuesday, 28th October 1913: Ridicules All Claims Made For Frank, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 28th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Dorsey's Assistant Makes Only Short Speech in Attack on Defense's Prejudice Charges.Solicitor...
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Monday, 27th October 1913: Henslee Is Attacked As Cold Plotter, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 27th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorney Arnold, for Frank, Says Juror Pleased to Get on Panel to...
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Sunday, 26th October 1913: Lawyers In New Battle Over Life Of Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 26th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Curious Crowd BarredWhile the Lawyers Grow Personal in Encounters on More Than...
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Saturday, 25th October 1913: Atlanta’s Prejudice As Bitter As Russia’s Declares Attorney, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 25th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Reuben R. Arnold, in the opening argument of the defense in behalf...
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Friday, 24th October 1913: Disputes Block Frank Speech, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 24th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 & 7.DORSEY PLANNING TO MEET NEW ATTACK ON CONLY'S TESTIMONYOnly an...
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Thursday, 23rd October 1913: Judge’s Admissions Help Frank’s Chance, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 23rd October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1, 4, & 7.PAGE 1, COLUMN 4ROSSER, FRANK'S ATTORNEY, AND JUDGE ROAN...
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Wednesday, 22nd October 1913: Man Higher Up Sought In Fisher Plot, The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 22nd October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 & 4.New Trial For Frank Opposed in Thirty AffidavitsPAGE 1, COLUMN...
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Monday, 15th September 1913 Are Burns Men Here

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 15th September 1913.PAGE 10, COLUMN 4Report Says They Are Working on Frank Case.That detectives in the employ of the Burns Agency are in Atlanta working up new evidence to be used in the hearing on a new trial for Leo M. Frank, which is set for Oct. 4, 1913, is the rumor which spread through the city Sunday and set tongues freshly wagging on the famous case.The rumor further has it that Solicitor Dorsey had in his possession a bit of valuable evidence given him while he was arguing the case before the jury and too late

Tuesday, 16th September 1913 Jim Conley’s Lawyer Planning His Defense

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 16th September 1913.PAGE 9, COLUMN 2Jim Conley may not plead guilty to being accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan. This is the startling statement of the negro's attorney, William Smith, late Monday."I may have Jim take a plea to one of the counts of the indictment against him, but I do not believe he will plead guilty to all of the counts," was the way Attorney Smith declared himself.Conley remains at the Tower awaiting his trial, which will probably come up at the October term of the criminal branch of the superior court.PAGE

Thursday, 11th September 1913 Judge Hill May Get Atlanta Judgeship

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The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, 11th September 1913. PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 and 2. Reported That Judge Roan, of Stone Mountain Circuit, Will Be Appointed on the Court of Appeals. While Governor John M. Slaton has made no announcement of whom he expects to appoint to fill the fourth judgeship recently created in Fulton County, it is rumored that Judge Benjamin Harvey Hill, of the Court of Appeals, will be selected to fill the position, and that Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, of the stone Mountain circuit, who, by special act of the legislature, has been holding the criminal division of the

Wednesday, 10th September 1913 Longer Vacation Given Phagan Case Workers

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th September 1913.PAGE 2, COLUMN 4For their work in the Phagan case, ten days' vacation in addition to that to which they are ordinarily entitled were given to Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford and Detectives J. N. Starnes, Pat Campbell, S. L. Rosser and John R. Black by the police board at its regular monthly meeting last night.The action was taken following the reading of a letter from Solicitor General Hugh N. Dorsey to Chief Lanford highly complimenting the good work done by the detectives assigned to help him on the Phagan case. While the name

Saturday, 13th September 1913 Classmate Of Leo Frank Writes Warm Defense

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 13th September 1913.PAGE 8, COLUMN 4New York Physician DeclaresLeo Frank Was Noted in CollegeFor His Clean Morals.Dr. Morris J. Clurman, A. B., graduate of Cornell university with Leo M. Frank and now a resident of New York, writes the following letter to The Constitution in reference to the case of his classmate:Editor, Constitution:I trust you will honor a New Yorker with a little space in your newspaper and thereby yield me an opportunity to express candidly and in an absolutely unbiased manner what I know concerning the character and past life of Leo M. Frank, who is

Wednesday, September 24, 1913 Leo Frank Again Made President Of B’nai B’rith, Atlanta Constitution.

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  The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 24th September 1913. PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 Prominent Atlantans Are Elected Officers of This Jewish Charitable Organization. WITH FRANK IN JAIL HIGH HONOR PAID HIM His Re-Election Comes With Announcement That He Is Still Conducting Affairs of Pencil Company. At the recent elections of the Jewish Order of B'nai B'rith, Leo M. Frank, president, was unanimously chosen as head of the order again, and a number of prominent Atlanteans were selected to fill the more important offices. Among them are: Arthur Heyman, of Dorsey, Brewater, Howell & Heyman, vice president; Milton Klein, monitor; Dr. B.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 1913, Board For Frank Jury Will Cost Just $975.06, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, the 3rd day of September, 1913. Page 7, Column 4 Newt Lee's Attorneys Ask That He Be Paid for Time Lost Fulton County will pay $975.06 for quarters and meals for the jury that heard the trial of Leo M. Frank, found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan. Bills were presented to the board of county commissioners, on Wednesday morning, . The German Cafe asked $289.50 for luncheons furnished during the twenty-nine days of the trial, and the Kimball House, $685.56 for rooms, breakfasts, and dinners. The commissioners approved the bills and agreed to pay

Friday, 25th July 1913 Chiefs Will Probe Removal of Conley

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Atlanta ConstitutionJuly 25th, 1913 Negro Was Taken to Tower Without Knowledge of Beavers or Lanford. Action is likely to be taken against Detective John Starnes and Pat Campbell, who Wednesday afternoon carried Jim Conley, the negro in the Phagan case, from police headquarters to the Tower without permission of either Chief Beavers or Chief Lanford. When asked by a Constitution reporter Thursday afternoon what steps he would probably take against the detectives, Chief Beavers declined to talk. He inferred, however, that an investigation would likely result and that action would be taken. Conley was taken from the station house prison

Friday, 25th July 1913 Try to Corroborate Story Told by Conley

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  The Atlanta Constitution, July 25th, 1913 Negro Is Taken in Chief's Auto to Sections He Claims to Have Visited on Murder Night. Jim Conley, the negro sweeper and most important figure in the Phagan case, was taken from police headquarters in the automobile of Chief Beavers yesterday afternoon and carried over the ground on which he accounts for his whereabouts during the afternoon of the murder. He was in charge of Chief Beavers and Detectives Pat Campbell and John Starnes, headquarters men who have been attached to the solicitor's office throughout the investigation. He was driven through the Peters

Wednesday, 20th August 1913 Dr. Clarence Johnson Is Called To Corroborate Dr. Roy Harris

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  The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 20th August 1913. Page 3. Dr. Clarence Johnson, a well-known specialist, who was put up by the prosecution in rebuttal of the testimony offered by the defense in attacking that of Dr. Roy Harris, was the final witness during the afternoon session. His testimony was stopped in the middle of its narration in order to give the solicitor time to investigate authorities on a medical subject on which Mr. Dorsey was questioning the witness at the time a discussion arose between the prosecution and defense. "What is your business?" he was asked by the solicitor.

Wednesday, 20th August 1913 Clashes Between Lawyers Mark Effort To Impeach Negro Cook

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  The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 20th August 1913. Page 2. E. H. Pickett, an employee of the Beck & Gregg Hardware company, and the man mentioned by Roy Craven on the witness stand, was next put up as a witness for the state. To corroborated what Craven said and through him the state made an open fight to impeach Minola McKnight and also to contradict Mrs. Emil Selig, who, on cross-examination, denied the conversation she is said to have had with the cook in urging her to keep quiet about what she had seen at the Frank home. "Were you

Tuesday, July 29th, 1913: Mincey, on Arrival Reaffirms Affidavit, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 W. H. Mincey, who made the famous affidavit in which he declared that Jim Conley had told him on April 26 that he had killed a girl, arrived late last night for the Frank trial. In a statement made to The Constitution, Mr. Mincey reaffirmed his affidavit in its entirety and declared that he would tell this story on the witness stand. He was accompanied by Colonel Ben E. Neal, of Ringgold, Georgia, a lawyer who has known him for years and who states that he will testify as to Mincey's good character, should

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Burglars Try to Enter Home of Frank Juror, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 But F. V. L. Smith's Wife Calls Police and Intruders Flee. Two big, burly, black negroes who evidently had taken a decided interest in the Frand murder trial, and knew that F. V. L. Smith, of 481 Cherokee avenue, had been chosen for the jury yesterday and would not be home last night, attempted to enter his home. No one was there but Mrs. Smith and her little 4-weeks' old child. Seeing the negroes on the porch, she made a step toward them, and they fled. Within a few minutes they returned, and instead

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 96 Men are Called Before Getting Jury, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution July 29th, 1913 Attorneys for Both Sides Had Good Line on All Men Examined. According to an unofficial account kept as the matter of striking the Frank jury was carried out, ninety-six men were called into the box and examined before the twelve men to try the case were finally selected. These men were divided into eight panels of twelve each, and came in a panel at a time. Every bit of information that could be got together in advance about the men whose names were on the venire list of 144 men drawn last week, had

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Trial of Leo M. Frank on Charge of Murder Begins; Mrs. Coleman, George Epps and Newt Lee on Stand, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 WATCHMAN TELLS OF FINDING BODY OF MARY PHAGAN Trial Adjourns for the Day While Lee Is on the Stand, and His Cross-Questioning Will Be Resumed Today. MOTHER AND THE WIFE OF PRISONER CHEER HIM BY PRESENCE AT TRIAL Jury Is Quickly Secured and Mrs. Coleman, Mother of the Murdered Girl, Is First Witness 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

Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Mayor Confers with Chief; Says Extras are Misleading

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The Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 "I don't want a disturbance on the street of Atlanta. The town has been stirred over the Phagan tragedy, and I fear that sensational and misleading extras may cause mischief. I have requested Chief Beavers to use great caution in giving out news." Mayor James G. Woodward made the above explanation of his visit to Chief James L. Beavers, at police headquarters, shortly after 8:30 o'clock last night. The mayor said that he made a tour of the city and found the people in all sections in a highly nervous state. He charged

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Will Leo Frank’s Lawyers Put Any Evidence Before the Jury? The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 Will Frank's lawyers put any evidence before the court? That is a question that was much discussed on the opening day by a score or more of lawyers who secured seats in the courtroom in order to hear the trial and to watch the way in which the skilled attorneys on both sides handled the case. The fact that so many witnesses have been summoned by the defense does not mean to the legal mind that Attorneys Rosser and Arnold will put up any evidence any more than the summoning of scores of the

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Unusual Interest Centers In Mrs. Frank’s Appearance, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 Up to the hour of the trial, Mrs. Leo M. Frank, wife of the young man now on trial for his life, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, had kept in the background of the case. Daily she visited her husband at the jail, and brought him delicacies. She came quietly, and when she departed she created no stir of excitement among the hangers-on around the jail. She was accorded the most chivalrous treatment, and her desire to avoid notoriety was respected. Only once did an expression from her appear in the public

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Reporter Witnesses are Allowed in Court, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution July 29th, 1913 Men Who May Be Called to Stand Report Trial by Attorney's Agreement. Just as the state was about to open formally its case against Leo M. Frank, Attorney Reuben R. Arnold interrupted by declaring to the court that he expected to have to call on a number of newspaper men to testify as the case went on. "They know a great deal about this case, and we have complete files of the papers here and will be able to tell to a certain extent from them whom we will want," he said. "I may

Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Numerous Witnesses Called in Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 List Indicates That Prisoner Is Prepared to Put Character in Evidence. Numbers of witnesses were summoned to court by both sides and when the names were called so that all could be sworn it developed that scores of Leo Frank's friends had been called upon. From the fact that there is not a possibility of one in this number knowing anything of the crime, it appears that the defense has made preparation, at least, to put Frank's character in evidence and has secured these of his friends to testify for him. Of the number

Monday, 28th July 1913 Jurors in Leo M. Frank Case Must Answer Four Questions

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The Atlanta Constitution July 28th, 1913 Chief interest in the case of Leo M. Frank, which is scheduled to begin today, centers in the selection of a jury, the first 144 veniremen, having been drawn last Thursday and published in The Constitution on Sunday. It seems to be the general opinion that this panel will be exhausted and others summoned before a jury is secured. Attorneys for both sides are of the opinion that it will take about a day to select a jury, which would let the hearing of evidence begin on Tuesday, or on Wednesday, if it should

Monday, 28th July 1913 Leo Frank’s Trial on Murder Charge Booked for Today

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  The Atlanta Constitution July 28th, 1913 Judge L. S. Roan Announces That He Will Call Case at Nine O'Clock This Morning. LAWYERS BELIEVE JURY WILL BE NAMED IN DAY Legal Representatives Take Good Rest on Sunday in Preparation for Struggle That Begins Today. After weeks of preparation by some of the most skilled legal minds in the state and after every point in the affair that has been made public has been discussed and threshed out by thousands of citizens, the case of the state v. Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of little Mary Phagan, will be

Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Bloody Club Lends New Clue to Mystery

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  The Atlanta Constitution July 23rd, 1913 Defense of Leo Frank Attaches Importance to Find Made by Pinkerton Detectives. The discovery of a bloody bludgeon on the third floor of the National Pencil factory has added greater mystery to the Phagan case. It became known yesterday that Leo Frank's defense is in possession of the weapon and that it will be used as one of their strongest points in the coming trial. The club is a short, thick stick with small spots of blood at the end. It was found by Pinkerton detectives on May 10 after headquarters detectives had

Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Give Right of Way to Case of Frank

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The Atlanta Constitution July 23rd, 1913 Attorneys for Relatives in the Crawford Will Hearing Are Willing to Yield Their Claim of Priority. The conflict between the dates of hearing the litigation over the $250,000 estate of the late Joshua B. Crawford, and the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the Mary Phagan murder, may cause a postponement of the Frank trial, as Attorneys Reuben R. Arnold and Luther Z. Rosser are connected with both cases. The Crawford hearing will be renewed today and by right of priority takes precedence over the other trial. It is expected, however, than an

Monday, 23rd June 1913 Leo M. Frank’s Trial June 30, Says Dorsey

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    The Atlanta Constitution Monday, June 23, 1913 Solicitor General Hears Report That John Moore Will Assist in the Defense. "Unless something now turns up of which I have no knowledge at present, I will set Leo Frank's trial for June 30," said Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey yesterday on his return from a week's stay in New York city. While the solicitor's announcement has set at rest the rumors that the state would wait and set the trial for July 14 or 28, it does not necessarily mean that the trial will actually be held on that date,

Sunday, 20th July 1913 Prison System of Georgia Attacked by Episcopalians

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The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 (Page 7, Column 5) The Episcopalian diocese of Georgia, at its annual convention, appointed a social service commission, which has since met and formulated the following special report on prison and child labor conditions in this state. "Resolved, That the prison system of the state of Georgia, and the methods of punishment now in use and as commonly administered, are unworthy of an enlightened and progressive state. "Resolved, That we hereby indorse the splendid efforts of the Prison Reform association of this state, and offer to them our hearty co-operation in securing needed

Sunday, 20th July 1913 Grim Justice Pursues Mary Phagan’s Slayer

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The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 (Page 7) As Famous Murder Case Nears Trial the Public Mind Again Reverts to the Discovery of the Crime; and Again the Great Question Comes Up: "What Happened in the Pencil Factory Between Noon Saturday and 3:15 Sunday Morning?" By Britt Craig. Automobile in which detectives and newspaper men went to the scene of the murder. In the machine are Detective Starnes, Harry Scott, W. W. (Boots) Rogers and John Black. There are things that happen right before our eyes that defy the pen of a god to describe. The mind of a

Sunday, 20th July 1913 Mrs. Nina Formby Will Not Return for Trial

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The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 (Page 2, Column 7) Woman Swore That Leo M. Frank Tried to Engage Room on Night of Murder Mrs. Nina Formby, who signed an affidavit in the Frank case in which she swore the superintendent has endeavored to engage a room at her house, 400 Piedmont avenue, during the Phagan murder night to which he might bring a girl has fled to Chattanooga and will not appear at the coming trial on July 28. This announcement was made to a Constitution reporter last night by the woman's legal representative, John Gossett. Gossett states

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

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The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 (Page 1,. Column 1) Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold Declare He Is Going Out of His Way to Dictate to the Grand Jury. EXCEEDS PROVINCE OF SOLICITOR GENERAL Grand Jury Will Meet at 10 O'Clock Monday Morning to 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

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Imputes Arrest to Felder Conspiracy

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The Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 (Page 4, Column 1) Knoxville Charge Against Him Not Pressed for More Than Four Years A. S. Colyar was detained late Saturday afternoon on the request of E. D. Conners, chief of police of Knoxville, Tenn. to face an indictment charging forgery returned four years ago by the grand jury at that city. The amount involved is $90. Colyar hotly maintains that his arrest is a plot of Colonel T. B. Felder's to get him out of town. He declares that the Knoxville official was prompted to press the old charge against him

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Citizens Deny Authority for Using Their Names

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The Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 (Page 3, Column 5) Capt. English, Robt. F. Maddox and Others Comment on Dictograph Interview Captain James W. English, president of the Fourth National bank, Saturday gave The Journal a statement to the effect that he has had no connection whatever with Attorney Thomas B. Felder's investigation of the Mary Phagan murder mystery. Robert F. Maddox, vice president of the American National bank, made a similar statement. Captain English said: "I don't know what Mr. Felder could have had in mind when he made the statement, if he did make it, that I,

Saturday, 16th August 1913 Witness, Called by Defense, Testifies Against Frank

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  Atlanta Journal August 16th, 1913 MISS IRENE JACKSON DECLARES FRANK LOOKED INTO DRESSING ROOM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS Daughter of Policeman A. W. Jackson Testifies That Frank Opened the Door of Dressing Room and Looked in While Young Lady Was Dressing and That a Complaint Was Registered With a Forelady, Miss Cleland, About It NEWSPAPER MAN TELLS OF JIM CONLEY'S PANTOMIME RE-ENACTMENT AT FACTORY Solicitor Dorsey Attacks the Pinkertons, Charging That They Failed to Report Their "Finds" to Police—Many Young Women Employed at the Factory Testify to Frank's Good Character—Court Adjourns Until Monday Morning With Harllee Branch, a reporter for

Friday, 15th August 1913 All Georgia Records Broken by the Frank Trial

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Atlanta JournalAugust 15th, 1913 Testimony up to Thursday Would Fill 500 Newspaper Columns, Says Official Mrs. M. Marcus, M. J. Goldstein, I. Strauss, Who Participated in Card Game, Declare Frank Showed No Signs of Excitement When They Saw Him Saturday Evening and That There Were No Scratches on His Face That all Georgia records for criminal trials already had been broken and that probably there was no southern record approaching it, was the statement of the court stenographer informally Thursday afternoon with regard to the Leo M. Frank murder trial. The stenographer stated that the records of the trial up

Friday, 15th August 1913 Leo M. Frank Ready to Tell His Own Story to Jury

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  Atlanta Journal August 15th, 1913 TAKES WITNESS STAND SATURDAY MORNING; UNDER LAW CANNOT BE EXAMINED BY THE SOLICITOR Defense's Case is Rapidly Nearing Completion, and Indications Are That All Witnesses, Except Frank, Will Have Testified Before Court Adjourns Friday—Forty Atlantians Tell of Accused's Good Character ATLANTA GIRL BROUGHT REFORMATORY IN CINCINNATI TO TESTIFY AGAINST FRANK Miss Dewey Hewell, Sixteen Years Old, Arrived Friday Morning With Matron Bohnefeld—Nature of Her Testimony Is Not Known-Expert in Varnish Department Says Spots in Factory Look Like Varnish Forty Atlantians took the stand during Friday morning's session of the Frank trial and testified to

Thursday, 8th May 1913 Lemmie Quinn Grilled by Coroner Paul Donehoo But He Sticks to His Statement, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Thursday, May 8th, 1913 (Page 8, Column 1) Lemmie A. Quinn was called to the stand. He lives at 31B Julliam street, he said, and is foreman of the metal department at the National Pencil factory. Mary Phagan worked in his department, he said. The last time he saw her was on the Monday preceding the murder, he said. She left the plant about 2 o'clock P.M. that Monday, said he. That was earlier than usual, but she left because the metal with which she worked had run out and she wanted to hurry to the matinee.

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Felder is the Mouthpiece of the Vice Gang, Declares Chief of Police Jas. L. Beavers, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 3, Top) "This is the First Gun in a Fight to Oust Me From Office," Says the Chief in an Interview Given Out Saturday Afternoon — "This Issue Is Between the Decent People and the Allies of Vice Who Have Controlled the City Politically for Years" MAYOR WOODWARD SAYS HE'S AGAINST BEAVERS, BUT NOT IN ANY CONSPIRACY TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE Says He Differs With the Chief on Policy, Not Personally. The Mayor Says Recent Dictograph Episode Has Destroyed His Belief in the Efficacy of That Ingenious Instrument —

Sunday, 25th May 1913 State Didnt Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 1) No Documentary Evidence Was Placed Before the Grand Jury and James Conley, the Negro Sweeper Who Made Sensational Affidavit About Writing Certain Notes at Frank's Dictation on Day Before Tragedy, Was Not Examined by the Jury DR. HURT COULD NOT SAY POSITIVELY THAT MARY PHAGAN HAD BEEN ASSAULTED BEFORE DEATH Both the Other Two Witnesses Gave Their Opinion in the Affirmative—Complete Summary of Evidence on Which the Grand Jury Decided That Frank Must Stand Trial for Death of Girl—Has Lee Given New Evidence to His Attorney? While Solicitor General

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Residents of Bellwood Ask The Journal to Say That Mr. Felder Was Not Employed by Them, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal, Saturday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 7, Column 6) Certain residents of Bellwood, the part of Atlanta where live Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coleman, the parents of little Mary Phagan, wish The Journal to put them publicly on record in denouncing as absolutely untrue certain published reports to the effect that a subscription has been collected from them to employ Attorney Thomas B. Felder or any other lawyer, to assist in the prosecution of the alleged slayer. Saturday morning, J. W. Hammond, of 161 Bellwood avenue, delivered the following statement to The Journal: "There is absolutely no

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Chief Lanford Replies to Col. T. B. Felder, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 7, Column 4) "Where Is Col. Felder's Fee in Phagan Case Coming From?" He Asks Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford told The Journal Saturday afternoon that he doesn't want to make any formal statement at this time regarding the charges of Colonel Thomas B. Felder. The charges were absurd, as any one familiar with the workings of the detective department would know, he said. The "personal attacks" were entirely unwarranted, he said. "I want Felder to answer this question," the chief said. "Why was he working without fees? Ask him where were

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