Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case.
The Atlanta Georgian
Wednesday, July 9, 1913
PART OF PAY ENVELOPE FOUND
Discovered Shortly After Tragedy by Detectives, but Find Was Kept Secret.
*Editor’s Note: The following headlines also appeared:
(Night Edition):
NEW PHAGAN EVIDENCE FOUND
PART OF PAY ENVELOPE HELD BY POLICE
(Extra Final Edition):
PHAGAN PAY ENVELOPE FOUND
Two sensational developments marked the Phagan case Wednesday. One was the testimony of Miss Mattie Smith, an employee of the National Pencil factory, that she had seen a negro sitting on the first floor of the factory betwen [sic] 9 and 10 o’clock, at a time when Conley had denied being there. The second was the announcement of the finding of a part of a pay envelope declared to be the envelope of Mary Phagan.
A piece of an envelope bearing Mary Phagan’s number was found on the first floor of the National Pencil factory behind a radiator, only a few feet from where Jim Conley, negro sweeper at the plant, was sitting on the day the little factory girl was murdered, according to information made public Wednesday afternoon.
Robbery Again Suspected.