Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case.
Atlanta Journal
Tuesday, May 13th, 1913
He Will Not Disclose Its Nature, but He, Lanford and Beavers Declare No Arrests Are Contemplated
SOLICTOR WOULD WELCOME HELP OF BURNS
But Says He Knows Nothing of Effort to Bring Him Here, Miss Ross, a New Witness, Talks With Dorsey
A new theory about the mysterious murder of Mary Phagan has been presented to Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey in such a convincing manner by an unknown criminologist that the chief prosecuting officer of Fulton county has turned the Phagan investigation towards working out the new idea.
While Mr. Dorsey states that there is yet nothing very tangible about the theory, it is evident that the official considers the theory as well worth investigating.
Mr. Dorsey refuses to divulge the nature of the new theory or tell who first advanced it. In discussing the matter, however, he made the following very significant statement:
“We are not bottled up by any one theory—we have not concluded, and we are open to the truth.”
The new theory, should it prove correct, would eliminate Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee, the two men ordered held by the coroner’s jury, it is said. Continue Reading →