Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case.
Atlanta Georgian
August 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 Its Charge of Immorality Against Accused—Many Witnesses Called
BY AN OLD POLICE REPORTER.
The third week of the Frank trial came to an end at noon Saturday.
The defense has not yet concluded its case, but confidently expects to finish within the next day or two.
Its last card, and one of its biggest, will be the defendant’s statement. This statement is scheduled for the early part of this week.
It will mark the climax of the defense’s case, just as Conley’s story marked the climax of the State’s.
It became more and more evident as the case progressed during the past week that the defense is pitting Frank squarely against Conley—that it is to be Frank’s life or Conley’s life for little Mary Phagan’s, snuffed out cruelly nearly four months ago in the National Pencil Factory.
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