Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta Georgian Friday, May 30th, 1913 Chief of Detectives Lanford admitted Friday morning that Jim Conley, under the rack of the third degree, had made the astounding confession that he had assisted Leo M. Frank in disposing of the body of the murdered Mary Phagan. Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 29th, 1913 With Detectives Looking On, Negro Shows How He Carried Girl’s Body to Basement at Direction, as He Swear, of His Employer, Leo Frank. As a sensational climax to the confession of his part of the Mary Phagan tragedy, Jim Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 28th, 1913 Police Secure Admission From Negro Sweeper During Examination for Phagan Clews. Admission that he was in the National Pencil factory on the day of the murder of Mary Phagan was gained from James Conley, the negro sweeper on whom Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 27th, 1913 Negro, Whose Story That He Wrote Notes at Frank’s Dictation Is Generally Disbelieved, Was Often Drunk. Mrs. White Can Not Identify Him. Suspicion in the Phagan case was Tuesday morning turned full-flare upon James Conley, the negro whose unexpected Continue Reading →
In this year of 2024, on the 111th anniversary of the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan by Jewish sex killer Leo Frank, we present this article, based on a piece from the alternative media. by K.A. Strom and Valdis Bell I BELIEVE IT was the great writer Daniel Concannon who first said that in America, no matter who you vote Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 23rd, 1913 In a quiet yet concentrated tone Attorney Luther Zeigler Rosser, Friday morning at 9 o’clock made the final plea of the defense for the life of Leo Frank. The beginning of the speech was impressive, it was almost whispered at times, but the Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 22nd, 1913 LAWYERS’ BATTLE WILL END TODAY AND JUDGE WILL CHARGE THE JURY In First Speech for State on Wednesday Morning, Frank Hooper Scored General Conditions at National Pencil Factory, Terming Leo Frank, a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Explaining How Easy It Was Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 23rd, 1913 Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey began at 3:30 o’clock Friday afternoon, August 22, 1913, the final argument in the Leo Frank case, and he told the jurors as he started that they would not respect him if he slurred things over in order Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 22nd, 1913 “Your honor, and gentlemen of the jury.” spoke Mr. Hooper, the first of the attorneys to address the court, “the object of this trial, as well as all other trials, is the ascertainment of truth and the attainments of justice. In the beginning, Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 22nd, 1913 When Attorney Frank A. Hooper had made the opening speech of the prosecution, Attorney Reuben R. Arnold prepared for the first speech of the defense. It had been announced that he would review the entire history of the case and when he started Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta GeorgianAugust 27th, 1913 The Georgian today reveals some of the innermost secrets of the jury that convicted Leo M. Frank of the murder of little Mary Phagan. This inside story of the greatest criminal case in the South’s history is an intensely interesting revelation of the Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta GeorgianAugust 27th, 1913 Motion For New Trial Follows Death Sentence PRISONER MUST HANG OCT. 10, JUDGE RULES; INNOCENT, HE REPEATS Almost before the dread verdict of “guilty” had ceased ringing in his ears, Leo M. Frank, convicted of slaying Mary Phagan, heard Tuesday the still more Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta GeorgianAugust 28th, 1913 Solicitor Cites Prisoner’s Statement on Stand, “Now is the Time, This is the Place.” Solicitor Dorsey was as busily engaged on the Frank case Thursday as he was any day before Leo Frank was convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan. If the Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 19th, 1913 The climax of the Frank trial came at the afternoon session Monday, when Leo M. Frank took the stand to tell of his actions on the day of the murder. The accused man’s statement was clear, concise and straightforward. He talked in smooth, Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 19th, 1913 Just before the close of the morning session the defense began putting in evidence various books and papers shown from time to time during the trial. The first first thing put up was the pasteboard model of the National Pencil factory. No objection Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta GeorgianAugust 17th, 1913 Defendant Will Take the Stand Early in Week to Give His Account of His Movements on Day Mary Phagan Met Death in Pencil Factory ATTORNEYS SEEKING TO ESTABLISH COMPLETE ALIBI Believed That Case Will Stand or Fall on Efforts of Prosecution to Prove Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. The Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 18th, 1913 Defense Intimates This, and Also That Statement Will Vary But Little From One Given at Inquest. FRANK PREPARED FOR ORDEAL OF STATEMENT Impeachment of Conley Being Prepared For, Say Lawyer-Spectators — Defense May Succeed in Ruling Out Part. Interest in the Frank Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Walter Pride, a negro employee in the National Pencil factory, who is named in Jim Conley’s story, was put on the stand in the middle of the afternoon. “Where do you work on Saturdays?” he was asked by Arnold. “I work every where Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Joseph Stelker, an employee of the National Pencil company, followed the Montag’s credit man to the stand. Stelker was questioned closely about conditions at the factory, and while he was on the stand both sides again took up the much-discussed question of whether Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 MOTHER IDENTIFIES LETTER FRANK HAD WRITTEN TO UNCLE ON MEMORIAL DAY Testimony Used by Defense to Show That the Prisoner Could Not Have Written This Letter, Which Was of Considerable Length, Had He Been Laboring Under Stress of Excitement Which Would Have Followed Continue Reading →