The Atlanta Georgian,
Tuesday, 21st October 1913,
PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1, 3, & 7.
PAGE 1, COLUMN 3
FLASHLIGHT AT THE POLICE STATION OF MYSTERIOUS WITNESS PRINCIPALS
J. C. Shirley,
the merchant
named by
Fisher as
Mary Phagan's
slayer.
On the left
I. W. Fisher,
The mystery
witness is
Seen facing
Chief of
Detectives
Lanford.
PAGE 1, COLUMN 7
DETECTIVES SEEK TO REVEAL PLOT AGAINST FURNITURE MERCHANT
Police, Tuesday, considered the exoneration of J. C. Shirley
complete. Charles J. Graham, attorney for the man accused by Ira
W. Fisher of the murder of Mary Phagan, and that was as yet
undecided whether Fisher's accusations were the ravings of a
diseased and dope-steeped mind or the first evidence of a deep-
laid plot with Fisher as the tool.
Two prominent Atlanta men and one Birmingham man are
threatened with arrest on charges of conspiracy. A searching
investigation by Chief Lanford and Attorney Graham will decide
whether this move will be taken. Graham said Tuesday that would
make a decision as soon as reports had been made to him on
certain rumors that had come to his ears.
Shirley said that he either would put Fisher in the asylum or
in the penitentiary. He will bring his books to the police Tuesday
to show a complete alibi. Lanford has instituted an investigation
of the charges of conspiracy and will make arrests at once if he
finds them substantiated. Two of the men named in the alleged
conspiracy have been identified with the Frank case. The other
one is known to have been with Fisher in Birmingham.
It was pointed out by Chief Lanford Tuesday that were
Fisher's story true in every particular, there is nothing in it to
connect Shirley with the murder of Mary Phagan. The name that
Fisher said Shirley mentioned as that of the girl he was to meet
was Hattie. Shirley asserts that he never even knew Mary Phagan
by sight.
Fisher Locked Up.
Fisher was put under arrest at the police station on the
charge of criminal libel, the complaint being sworn to by Russell
Shirley, a brother of J. C. Shirley. Short shrift was given him after
he had repeated his weird story Monday night in the presence of
the man he accuses.
The warrant had already been made out and as soon as it
became apparent that Fisher, said by some to be an irresponsible
drunkard and dope fiend, was going to stick by his story, Chief of
Detectives Lanford gave the paper to Detective John W. Starnes
and Fisher was locked up.
Fisher underwent a searching examination that lasted more
than three hours. His detailed story first was taken by G. C.
Febuary, secretary to Chief Lanford. Little effort was made at this
time to cross-examine him, the purpose being to get his story
together as he originally had told it so that every feature might
later be investigated with a view of disproving or substantiating it.
Visits Places He Names.
Chief Langford and Detectives Starnes and Coker then put
Fisher through a severe questioning and he then was taken out in
the police automobile to visit several of the places he said he had
been with Shirley on the day of the crime. While he was gone
Shirley, at the request of Chief Lanford, came to the police
station. Shirley went into the chief's office. As soon as Fisher
came back he was bustled without any warning right into the
room. Standing before him was the man he accused.
Fisher was taken aback for an instant, but recovered himself
at once. He was placed in a chair near the chief and the
questioning was resumed, Chief Lanford, Charles J. Graham,
attorney for Shirley; Russell Shirley and the accused man himself
took turns in firing questions at the stolid figure in the chair. Aside
from a nervous movement in the chair. Aside from a nervous
movement of his hands, and a frequent stroking of his face on
which there was a four days' growth of beard, he showed no sign
that he was disturbed by the unusual position in which he found
himself.
Because of the positive statements contained in the first
announcement of Fisher's story and the terrible charge against
Shirley that was implied in its words, some possibility existed that
Shirley might be held at the police station until the story had been
investigated.
So many glaring improbabilities and conflicts, however, crept
into the man's narrative that Chief Lanford declared that he
couldn't think of holding Shirley on the strength of Fisher's story,
which he branded as manifestly impossible.
Dresser Never Delivered.
The trip to No. 132 Bellwood avenue developed one of the
reasons for disbelief in Fisher's statement. Mrs. William Holloway
lives here. Fisher said that he went in a wagon with Shirley to this
house the morning of April 28 to deliver a dresser. When the
officers and Fisher drove up to the house Monday night, Mrs.
Holloway declared that Fisher and Shirley never had delivered
anything there, and that she had not bought a dresser for years.
This blow to his tale did not daunt Fisher in the least. He still stuck
to his assertion that they went there that morning and delivered
the furniture.
Another of his statements which gave tangible cause for
disbelief was that he had seen no crowd on the streets April 26,
which was Memorial Day, either while he was waiting at Marietta
and Forsyth streets from about 1 until 3 o'clock in the afternoon
or while he and Shirley, according to his story, were driving across
Peachtree street and down Decatur street and then to the Union
Station.
He said that he noticed no crowd on the streets at all other
than would naturally be on any Saturday afternoon. The progress
of his wagon never was stopped at any time he was driving from
one place to another. It is claimed that this alone brands his story
as ridiculous, as there were large crowds on the street.
Still another discrepancy which the police say is in his story
is that he first said that he met C. W. Burke, agent for Attorney
Luther Rosser, on Friday night in Birmingham. Before the
detectives he declared that the first time he saw Burke was last
Saturday night when Burke met him on the street and brought
him to Atlanta. Burke also is declared to have said that he met
Fisher first on Friday night.
Fisher was questioned very closely about who had talked to
him in Luther Rosser's office. He said that
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FISHER STICKS TO STORY UNDER FIERCE GRILLING OF LAWYER AND POLICE
Continued From Page 1.
Rosser and Reuben Arnold had not talked to him at all, but that
Burke had done most of the examination. They told me up there
that I would have a hard time down here if the detectives got hold
of me, he naively told Langford.
Fisher gave all of his replies in a calm, almost disinterested
voice. When he charged Shirley with going to the pencil factory to
meet Mary Phagan he jeered his thumb carelessly toward Shirley
who sat the other side of a table.
You did it; you know you did it, he said to Shirley.
You lie, you skunk; you know d"well you lie! retorted
Shirley, and he started from his chair in a menacing manner.
Detectives grabbed Shirley and averted a fight.
This dramatic scene was enacted when Shirley was brought
to headquarters to face his accuser. Quiet was restored and
Fisher was ordered to tell his story in the furniture man's
presence.
The Saturday of the murder Shirley and I drove down to
Broad and Marietta streets in his wagon. We had delivered a
bureau to a Mrs. Holloway on Bellwood avenue. We stopped near
the corner and Shirley said he wanted me to hold the horse while
he went to the pencil factory, where he had a date, he said, with
Hattie,' the pet name for Mary Phagan. Fisher paused and
Shirley was on his feet in an instant.
Called Liar and Bum.
You're a measly liar and I'll prove it, you drunken bum,
shouted Shirley, his eyes lighting up with a dangerous fire. Why
don't you tell the truth and quit lying? Shirley, half mad with
rage, was almost dragged into his chair by Charley Graham, his
attorney.
Fisher was told to continue.
I waited about an hour and a half for Shirley, started the
man again, his eyes roaming about the room, as though in search
for a place he could look where no eyes would catch his gaze. He
got back between 2:30 and 3 o'clock.
I've played hell in general, he said to me. Then he said I
had better get out of town.
Fisher again paused, and looking Shirley straight in the eyes
for the first time, said:
That's straight. Mr. Shirley, and if you'll tell the truth you'll
admit it.
Once more Shirley arose in a threatening attitude, but took
his seat again.
I didn't want to get out of town and told Shirley so, but he
threatened me and said I would have to get out. We drove to the
Union Depot and he purchased me a ticket for Ellijay. He gave me
$25. He went in the car with me and left me. If I hadn't have been
afraid of him I wouldn't have gone away. I stayed in Ellijay two
weeks then came back to Atlanta.
Tells of Threats.
I stayed here two weeks then went to Copper Hill, Tenn.,
because Shirley wanted me to and because he threatened me.
You know you threatened me Shirley"you know you did, and the
strange man shook his head in a dogged manner.
Shirley sent me some letters with money in them. Two he
sent contained $25 each. Another one contained $8.
I've told the truth and it'd all come out sooner or later,
declared Fisher with the air of a philosopher.
Efforts to shake the mans' story were without results. He
would answer most any question in an unconcerned way and
refused to be tangled up by the questions put to him by Graham,
the chief and by reporters.
You are telling a most wondrous tale, said Graham, but
you had better tell the truth before you get sent to jail for criminal
libel.
Denies Using Drugs.
I know what libel is retorted Fisher, and you can't send a
man to prison for telling the truth.
What Kind of dope do you use, morphine or cocaine?
someone shot at him.
None, said Fisher.
You look like you did, said one of the detectives.
That's because I need a drink"got one? he replied.
And undoubtedly, he did need one.
He had been given all the whisky he wanted while in the
hands of the attorneys, and was reluctant to leave such a nice
abode. His face needed a hour's work by a barber and a bath
would not have harmed him.
Chummy or Rummy?
Fisher said that while in Parksville he met a man by the
name of Joe Hicks, who was employed on the rail road with him
and that they became quite chummy.
You mean rummy,' don't you, Fisher? interposed Shirley's
brother.
Fisher went on to say that Hicks went to Birmingham with
him some weeks ago and that they had stayed together there.
Hicks, he said, was the first person he ever told the story of his
movements on the day of the murder of Mary Phagan. He never
even had told his wife.
You know that all she wants is to keep me in jail, don't
you? he asked, addressing the Shirley brothers.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went on to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here.
After he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent
man hang, it just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went
with me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole
thing.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here. After
he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent man
hang. It just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went with
me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole thing.
Who did the most talking? inquired Chief Lanford.
Why, I guess Hicks did, said Fisher.
After the questioning of Fisher was over, Lanford said.
Search for Conspiracy.
We are going to get at the bottom of this. It may be that
Fisher has been paid money, but I am going to investigate the
possibility that it was someone else and not Shirley that paid it to
him. If there is any conspiracy against Shirley or in behalf of
anyone else, the detective department proposes to find it out if
possible. Fisher has absolutely no evidence that money was sent
him. He has no envelopes from Shirley. He says he tore them up.
He says the letters were not registered, and he says that all of the
money was sent in cash. Altogether it is the most ridiculous story
I ever listened to.
PAGE 2, COLUMNS 1, 5, & 7
FISHER PLOT' GOES TO GRAND JURY
MRS. PANKHURST, AS
SHE ARRIVED IN U.
S.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the English militant
suffragettes, snapped on the ship just before she landed at Ellis
Island, where she was detained until she won her appeal.
DORSEY TO BE
ASKED
TO AID IN
UNEARTHING
PLOT AGAINST
SHIRLEY
Solicitor Dorsey shortly before noon made public a mass of
affidavits upholding Jurors Johenning and Henslee who were
accused of bias in charges filed by the defense in the fight for a
new trial for Leo Frank.
The affidavits included statements from fellow jurors
declaring that the two men had expressed no opinion on the
merits of the case while the trial was in progress. They also
included statements upholding the character of the men.
That the County Grand Jury will be asked to investigate the
origin of the accusation of Ira W. Fisher was the statement made
by C. J. Graham, attorney for J. C. Shirley, the furniture dealer
named by the new Phagan witness Tuesday.
This action was decided upon following a lengthy conference
between Shirley, Graham and Chief of Detectives Lanford. Its
purpose will be to determine whether Fisher's story was the result
of a conspiracy against Shirley or simply the result of a drink-
crazed mind.
A rigid probe to the foundation of the story will be asked.
Persons named by Fisher as his associates since his departure
from Atlanta will be questioned, especially those with whom he
had dealings just prior to the time he appeared before Chief of
Police Bodeker in Birmingham and made his startling statements.
If the investigation shows that others had a hand in the
accusation against the furniture dealer, they will be prosecuted
together with Fisher on a conspiracy charge. Many believe that
this will prove the fact.
Conference With Dorsey
Attorney Graham stated that he would have a conference
with Solicitor Dorsey later in the day and an early date for the
Grand Jury probe would be fixed.
Two Atlanta men and one Birmingham man are threatened
with arrest on charges of conspiracy. A searching investigation by
Chief Lanford and Attorney Graham will decide whether this move
will be taken. Graham said Tuesday that he would make a
decision as soon as reports had been made to him on certain
rumors that had come to his ears.
Shirley said that he either would put Fisher in the asylum or
in the penitentiary. He will bring his books to the police Tuesday
to show a complete alibi. Lanford has instituted an investigation
of the charges of conspiracy and you will make arrests at once
finds them substantiated. Two of the men named in the alleged
conspiracy have been identified with the Frank case. The other
one is known to have been with Fisher in Birmingham.
It was pointed out by Chief Lanford Tuesday that were
Fisher's story true in every particular, there is nothing in it to
connect Shirley with the murder of Mary Phagan. The name that
Fisher said Shirley mentioned as that of the girl he was to meet
was Hattie. Shirley asserts that he never even knew Mary Phagan
by sight.
Fisher Locked Up.
Fisher was put under arrest at the police station on the
charge of criminal libel, the complaint being sworn to by Russell
Shirley, a brother of J. C. Shirley. Short shrift was given him after
he had repeated his weird story Monday night in the presence of
the man he accuses.
The warrant had already been made out, and as soon as it
became apparent that Fisher, said by some to be an irresponsible
drunkard and dope fiend, was going to stick by his story, Chief of
Detectives Lanford gave the paper to Detective John W. Starnes
and Fisher was locked up.
Fisher underwent a searching examination that lasted more
than three hours. His detailed story first was taken by G. C.
Febuary, secretary to Chief Lanford. Little effort was made at this
time to cross-examine him, the purpose being to get his story
together as he originally had told it so that every feature might
later be investigated with a view of disproving or substantiating it.
Chief Lanford and Detectives Starnes and Coker then put
Fisher through a severe questioning and he then was taken out in
the police automobile to visit several of the places he said he had
been with Shirley on the day of the crime. While he was gone S
the request of Chief Lanford, came to the police station. Shirley
went into the chief's office. As soon as Fisher came back he was
bustled without any warning right into the room. Standing before
him was the man he accused.
Fisher was taken aback for an instant, but recovered himself
at once. He was placed in a chair near the chief and the
questioning was resumed. Chief Lanford, Charles J. Graham,
attorney for Shirley; Russell Shirley and the accused man himself
took turns in firing questions at the stolid figure in the chair. Aside
from a nervous movement of his hands, and a frequent stroking
of his face on which there was a four days' growth of beard, he
showed no sign that he was disturbed by the unusual position in
which he find himself.
Because of the positive statements contained in the first
announcement of Fisher's story and the terrible charge against
Shirley that was implied in its words, some possibility existed that
Shirley might be held at the police station until the story had been
investigated.
So many glaring improbabilities and conflicts, however, crept
into the man's narrative that Chief Lanford declared that he
couldn't think of holding Shirley on the strength of
PAGE 7, COLUMN 1
Continued From Page 1.
Fisher's story, which he branded manifestly impossible.
The trip to No. 132 Bellwood avenue developed one of the
reasons for disbelief in Fisher's statement. Mrs. William Holloway
lives here. Fisher said that he went in a wagon with Shirley to this
house the morning of April 28 to deliver a dresser. When the
officers and Fisher drove up to the house Monday night, Mrs.
Holloway declared that Fisher and Shirley never had delivered
anything there, and that she had not bought a dresser for years.
This blow to his tale did not daunt Fisher in the least. He still stuck
to his assertion that they went there that morning and delivered
the furniture.
Another of his statements which gave tangible cause for
disbelief was that he had seen no crowd on the streets April 26,
which was Memorial Day, either while he was waiting at Marietta
and Forsyth streets from about 1 until 3 o'clock in the afternoon
or while he and Shirley, according to his story, were driving across
Peachtree street and down Decatur street and then to the Union
Station.
He said that he noticed no crowd on the streets at all other
than would naturally be on any Saturday afternoon. The progress
of his wagon never was stopped at any time he was driving from
one place to another. It is claimed that this alone brands his story
as ridiculous, as there were large crowds on the street.
Still another discrepancy which the police say is in his story
is that he first said that he met C. W. Burke, agent for Attorney
Luther Rosser, on Friday night in Birmingham. Before the
detectives he declared that the first time he saw Burke was last
Saturday night when Burke met him on the street and brought
him to Atlanta. Burke also is declared to have said that he met
Fisher first on Friday night.
Fisher was questioned very closely about who had talked to
him in Luther Rosser's office. He said that Rosser and Reuben
Arnold had not talked to him at all, but that Burke had done most
of the examination. They told me up there that I would have a
hard time down there if the detectives got hold of me, he naively
told Langford.
Fisher gave all of his replies in a calm, almost disinterested voice.
When he charged Shirley with going to the pencil factory to meet
Mary Phagan he jeered his thumb carelessly toward Shirley who
sat the other side of a table.
You did it; you know you did it, he said to Shirley.
You lie, you skunk; you know d"well you lie! retorted
Shirley, and he started from his chair in a menacing manner.
Detectives grabbed Shirley and averted a fight.
This dramatic scene was enacted when Shirley was brought
to headquarters to face his accuser. Quiet was restored and
Fisher was ordered to tell his story in the furniture man's
presence.
The Saturday of the murder Shirley and I drove down to
Broad and Marietta streets in his wagon. We had delivered a
bureau to a Mrs. Holloway on Bellwood avenue. We stopped near
the corner and Shirley said he wanted me to hold the horse while
he went to the pencil factory, where he had a date, he said, with
Hattie,' the pet name for Mary Phagan. Fisher paused and
Shirley was on his feet in an instant.
Called Liar and Bum.
You're a measly liar and I'll prove it, you drunken bum,
shouted Shirley, his eyes lighting up with a dangerous fire. Why
don't you tell the truth and quit lying? Shirley, half mad with
rage, was almost dragged into his chair by Charley Graham, his
attorney.
Fisher was told to continue.
I waited about an hour and a half for Shirley, started the
man again, his eyes roaming about the room, as though in search
for a place he could look where no eyes would catch his gaze. He
got back between 2:30 and 3 o'clock.
I've played hell in general, he said to me. Then he said I
had better get out of town.
Fisher again paused, and looking Shirley straight in the eyes
for the first time, said:
That's straight. Mr. Shirley, and if you'll tell the truth you'll
admit it.
Once more Shirley arose in a threatening attitude, but took
his seat again.
I didn't want to get out of town and told Shirley so, but he
threatened me and said I would have to get out. We drove to the
Union Depot and he purchased me a ticket for Ellijay. He gave me
$25. He went in the car with me and left me. If I hadn't have been
afraid of him I wouldn't have gone away. I stayed in Ellijay two
weeks then came back to Atlanta.
Tells of Threats.
I stayed here two weeks then went to Copper Hill, Tenn.,
because Shirley wanted me to and because he threatened me.
You know you threatened me Shirley"you know you did, and the
strange man shook his head in a dogged manner.
Shirley sent me some letters with money in them. Two he
sent contained $25 each. Another one contained $8.
I've told the truth and it'd all come out sooner or later,
declared Fisher with the air of a philosopher.
Efforts to shake the mans' story were without results. He
would answer most any question in an unconcerned way and
refused to be tangled up by the questions put to him by Graham,
the chief and by reporters.
You are telling a most wondrous tale, said Graham, but
you had better tell the truth before you get sent to jail for criminal
libel.
Denies Using Drugs.
I know what libel is retorted Fisher, and you can't send a
man to prison for telling the truth.
What Kind of dope do you use, morphine or cocaine?
someone shot at him.
None, said Fisher.
You look like you did, said one of the detectives.
That's because I need a drink"got one? he replied.
And undoubtedly, he did need one.
He had been given all the whisky he wanted while in the
hands of the attorneys, and was reluctant to leave such a nice
abode. His face needed a hour's work by a barber and a bath
would not have harmed him.
Chummy or Rummy?
Fisher said that while in Parksville he met a man by the
name of Joe Hicks, who was employed on the rail road with him
and that they became quite chummy.
You mean rummy,' don't you, Fisher? interposed Shirley's
brother.
Fisher went on to say that Hicks went to Birmingham with
him some weeks ago and that they had stayed together there.
Hicks, he said, was the first person he ever told the story of his
movements on the day of the murder of Mary Phagan. He never
even had told his wife.
You know that all she wants is to keep me in jail, don't
you? he asked, addressing the Shirley brothers.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went on to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here.
After he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent
man hang, it just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went
with me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole
thing.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here. After
he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent man
hang. It just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went with
me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole thing.
Who did the most talking? inquired Chief Lanford.
Why, I guess Hicks did, said Fisher.
After the questioning of Fisher was over, Lanford said.
Search for Conspiracy.
We are going to get at the bottom of this. It may be that
Fisher has been paid money, but I am going to investigate the
possibility that it was someone else and not Shirley that paid it to
him. If there is any conspiracy against Shirley or in behalf of
anyone else, the detective department proposes to find it out if
possible. Fisher has absolutely no evidence that money was sent
him. He has no envelopes from Shirley. He says he tore them up.
He says the letters were not registered, and he says that all of the
money was sent in cash. Altogether it is the most ridiculous story
I ever listened to.
PAGE 3, COLUMNS 1,
3, & 5
POLICE HUNT FISHER'S
ACCOMPLICE'
Thirty Affidavits Against New
Frank Trial
PAGE 3, COLUMN 3
TWO
JURORS
DEFENDE
D
OF BIAS
Probity of Henslee
and Johen-
ning Upheld"
Influence of
Cheering on Jury
Denied
Some 30 affidavits to support the State's contention that Leo
M. Frank had a fair trial were made public Tuesday by Solicitor
Dorsey. They will be used Wednesday in the fight against the
defense's motion for a new trial before Judge L. S. Roan.
Some of the affidavits defend the probity and character of A.
H. Henslee and M. Johenning, jurors who were accused of bias;
some attack the trustworthiness of affiants for the defense, and
others assert that no influence could have been exerted on the
jury by the cheering and demonstrations on which the
defense is basing much of its theme of appeal.
Samuel Aaron, whose affidavit was quoted as attacking the
sincerity of Juror Henslee, was himself attacked by T. M. Webb,
whose impeachment was in the usual form, that he would not
believe Aaron on his oath, having known him many years.
Calls Neill Bad Character.
W. P. Neill, the defense's affiant, who stated he saw a
spectator talk one of the jurors and grab him by the hand, is
referred to in the affidavit of W. J. Clayton, of the Central Carriage
Company, as of bad character and one whom Clayton would not
believe under oath.
Plennie Miner, Deputy Sheriff, also refers to the affidavit of
Neill. He states, under oath, that one day in the courtroom he
thought he saw a spectator say something to a juror, without
rising, or touching him, or making any other gesture. He (Miner)
at once went to the spectator, in order to take him before the
judge, but the man denied having addressed any juror, and
another man, sitting next him, also assured Miner that his
companion had not spoken to any juror, so the deputy let the
incident close.
T. S. Hawes, of Bainbridge, Ga., impeached R. G. Gremmer,
stating that he had known the defense's affiant twenty years and
that he would not believe him under oath.
Time Element Enters.
In the interval of preparing the affidavits Mr. Dorsey stated
that he fancied those affiants who had sworn to hearing Henslee
say Barnesville some time in June that he had been drawn on
the jury would be puzzled on hearing that Henslee, as a matter of
fact, did not know himself that he was drawn on the jury until
Friday, June 25, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon; that he remained in
Atlanta Saturday and Sunday, and did not start for home until
Monday.
The Solicitor evidently had been calculating on the various
dates on which Henslee might have been charged with saying he
was on the Frank jury, but what deductions he had made would
have to appear later.
For the rest of the prosecution's affidavits, Henslee praised
Johenning as a juror without bias or prejudice: Johenning praised
Henslee is similar terms, and J. T. Ozburn, F. E. Winburn, W. F.
Medcalf, W. M. Jeffries, D. Townsend and A. L. Wisley, fellow
jurors, commended both Henslee and Johenning as high-minded
examples of justice and moderation.
Henslee Doubtful of Guilt.
It was the invariable testimony of his fellow jurors that
Henslee was the only juror to cast a doubtful ballot, indicating
that he was the most reluctant to make up his mind on what all
the rest of the jurors seemed to have agreed on.
There was much testimony in regard to the cheering and
demonstrations, attending to show that the
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.
PAGE 18, COLUMN 1
AFFIDAVITS
HIT
FRANK'S
PLEA
FOR
RETRIAL
Thirty Witnesses Swear
to Good
Character of Accused
Jurors
And Deny Influence on
Jury.
Continued From Page 1.
only cheering recognized as such was heard in open court, until
the last day of the trial, when a burst of applause followed the
reading of the verdict and was heard by the jurors as the poll was
being taken.
The jurors all professed to have been utterly ignorant of any
cheering except what was stated, and insisted that what they
heard could not have had any effect upon their decision since it
had been reached before the real cheering was heard.
Heard No demonstration.
As to the demonstrations in favor of Dorsey, there were a
dozen affidavits by jurors and deputies to say that the jury was at
such a distance, or in such a place, that only a confused and
indistinct noise was heard. One or two of the jurors fancied at the
time that there was a fight in progress somewhere.
C. F. Huber and A. F. Pennington, deputies having charge of
the Frank jury, contradicted the affidavit of Samson Kay for the
defense, and stated they heard no cheering or demonstration of
any kind the afternoon of Friday, August 22, or after the noon
hour Saturday, August 23.
Perhaps the most interesting reading in the pile was
Johenning's own account of the conversation related by Mrs.
Jennie G. Lovenhart and Miss Miriam Lovenhart, in the course of
which it was charged that he stated a belief in Frank's guilt.
Johenning asserts in his affidavit that he was talking of the
case with Mrs. Lovenhart and Miss Lovenhart, and they asked him
what he thought of it.
I replied that by the papers they have found him guilty
already, says Johenning, and added that I thought Frank would
have a hard time getting loose; that things didn't look very bright
for him.
Expressed No Opinion.
Johenning insists that he said no more than that, and that he
entertained no fixed opinion at that time, and did not arrive at a
fixed opinion until hearing the full evidence in court.
T. W. McGarity came to the support of Joehenning's
character, declaring it good, and asserting he would believe him
on oath. Similar affidavits, all warmly worded, were made by Dr.
W. C. Robinson, O. H. Puckett and R. N. Weaver.
Quite an array of complimentary affidavits came from
Barnesville to the support of A. H. Henslee. Among them were
those of W. H. Howard, J. C. Collier, T. W. Cochran, P. K. Gordy, J.
E. Howard and C. O. Summers, J. D. Lochridge, formerly of
Douglas, Ga. Professed to know the juror well and favorably.
An inkling of some plan of the Solicitor may be hidden in a
small affidavit made by Joe Murray, clerk at the New Albany Hotel,
Albany, Ga. He said that A. H. Henslee was a guest at that hotel
the night of June 2, and also registered there before the noon
meal September 18, 1913. Of course, if Henslee was not in Albany
between those dates he could not have made any statement
about his chance as a talesman.
Arnold and Dorsey Confer.
Reuben R. Arnold, of counsel for Frank, and Solicitor Dorsey
held a conference beginning at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon for
the purpose of coming to an agreement on the exact grounds
upon which the argument for a new trial will be based. It was
expected that if there were to be any conflict between the
opposing attorneys it would develop on this question.
Solicitor Dorsey is known to have taken issue with the
defense on a number of points as the affidavits made public
Tuesday indicate. He will strenuously resist any effort on the part
of Frank's lawyers to establish that there was sufficient disorder
or demonstrations in the courtroom at any time either unduly to
influence or intimidate the jurors. He already has answered this
charge by the affidavits denying that there was cheering in the
courtroom at times specified by the defense.
Judge Roan, before whom the argument will be heard
Wednesday, will be the final arbiter on the questions which
remain disputed by the attorneys. The hearing is scheduled to
begin at 9 o'clock in Judge Bell's court on the first floor of the old
City Hall Building, Pryor and Hunter streets. Both sides are
prepared to go ahead with the arguments and there appeared no
probability of further delay.
PAGE 3, COLUMN 6
MAN HIGHER UP IS
MENTIONED IN
SUSPECTED PLOT
AGAINST SHIRLEY
A search extending over two States was begun by the police
Tuesday in an effort to locate Joe Hicks, companion of Ira W.
Fisher. Hickk is the man who accompanied Fisher to the office of
Chief of Police Bodeker in Birmingham when Fisher made his
weird but quickly discredited accusation of the murder of Mary
Phagan against J. C. Shirley, of 809 Marietta street, Atlanta.
Chief of Detectives Lanford and Charles J. Graham, attorney
for Shirley, believe that they will have disclosed the deeply laid
plot against Shirley, if such a plot actually has existed, when they
have forced Hicks to talk and when they have grilled Fisher in a
sober condition. Threats were made yesterday that two prominent
Atlantans might be arrested if any basis were found for belief in
the plot theory. Later it was said that a searching investigation
was being made of the possibility that a man still higher up was
the moving spirit in a diabolical scheme to fasten the crime on an
innocent man.
Graham was undecided Tuesday as to whether Fisher's
sensational story was merely the vaporings of a disordered and
crazy intellect or the outcropping of a genuine conspiracy that
had gone wrong through the inability of Fisher to tell a convincing
story.
I think we all know all when we find this man Hicks, who
Fisher says was his constant companion Parksville, and later in
Birmingham, said Graham. Hicks, played a mysterious part in
the affair. Fisher himself admitted that Hicks did most of the
talking when they went to the office of Chief Bodeker. Hicks
appears to have told most of the story and Fisher merely
corroborated it.
There also is the possibility that Hicks suggested the story
to Fisher from day to day, and finally built up in Fisher's mind the
structure of the ridiculous tale he has told in Birmingham and
here in Atlanta, a story which was startling enough as a simple,
and direct accusation, but which broke down the instant the man
was forced to give any alleged details.
Blackmail Is Suggested.
We are working on several possibilities. One is that there
was a conspiracy against Shirley. If there was such a plot, it may
have been engineered alone by Fisher. Hicks may have been a
party to it. In this case, it was simple blackmail.
There also is the possibility that Fisher or Fisher and Ricks
were merely tools in a conspiracy and that the real conspirators
are men higher up. If this is the case, Atlanta will have a
sensation the like of which it has not experienced in years. On the
other hand, the whole story may be simply the ravings of a
drunken and besotted mind. Fisher's own relatives say that he
was an extraordinary liar when in his cups.
Ordinary conditions were reversed Tuesday. Shirly, the
accused, was walking the streets a free man. Fisher, the accuser,
was occupying a cell in the police station. A charge of criminal
libel has been preferred against him, but there is some question
as to whether this charge can be made to stand in view of the fact
that so far as is known Fisher made no written charges against
Shirley. Lawyers in general have expressed themselves as
believing that no charge beyond slander can be preferred against
him because all of his charges were verbal.
Fisher will be arraigned before Justice of the Peace Puckett,
probably Wednesday.
That the Fulton County Grand Jury will be asked to
investigate the origin of the accusations was the statement made
by Graham.
This action was decided upon following a lengthy conference
between Shirley, Graham and Chief of Detectives Lanford. Its
purpose will be to determine whether Fisher's story was the result
of a conspiracy against Shirley or simply the result of a drink-
crazed mind.
A rigid probe to the foundation of the story will be asked.
Persons named by Fisher as his associates since his departure
from Atlanta will be questioned, especially those with whom he
had dealings just prior to the time he appeared before Chief of
Police Bodeker in Birmingham and made his startling statements.
If the investigation shows that others had a hand in the
accusations against the furniture dealer, they will be prosecuted
together with Fisher
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PAGE 8, COLUMN 1
FISHER STICKS TO
STORY
UNDER FIERCE
GRILLING
OF LAWYER AND
POLICE
Continued From Page 1.
on a conspiracy charge. Many believe that this will prove the
fact.
Attorney Graham stated that he would have a conference
with Solicitor Dorsey later in the day and an early date for the
Grand Jury probe would be fixed.
Two Atlanta men and one Birmingham man are threatened
with arrest on charges of conspiracy. A searching investigation by
Chief Lanford and Attorney Graham will decide whether this move
will be taken. Graham said Tuesday that he would make a
decision as soon as reports had been made to him on certain
rumors that had come to his ears.
Shirley said that he either would put Fisher in the asylum or
in the penitentiary. He will bring his books to the police Tuesday
to show a complete alibi. Lanford has instituted an investigation
of the charges of conspiracy and you will make arrests at once
finds them substantiated. Two of the men named in the alleged
conspiracy have been identified with the Frank case. The other
one is known to have been with Fisher in Birmingham.
It was pointed out by Chief Lanford Tuesday that were
Fisher's story true in every particular, there is nothing in it to
connect Shirley with the murder of Mary Phagan. The name that
Fisher said Shirley mentioned as that of the girl he was to meet
was Hattie. Shirley asserts that he never even knew Mary Phagan
by sight.
Fisher Locked Up.
Fisher was put under arrest at the police station on the
charge of criminal libel, the complaint being sworn to by Russell
Shirley, a brother of J. C. Shirley. Short shrift was given him after
he had repeated his weird story Monday night in the presence of
the man he accuses.
The warrant had already been made out, and as soon as it
became apparent that Fisher, said by some to be an irresponsible
drunkard and dope fiend, was going to stick by his story, Chief of
Detectives Lanford gave the paper to Detective John W. Starnes
and Fisher was locked up.
Fisher underwent a searching examination that lasted more
than three hours. His detailed story first was taken by G. C.
Febuary, secretary to Chief Lanford. Little effort was made at this
time to cross-examine him, the purpose being to get his story
together as he originally had told it so that every feature might
later be investigated with a view of disproving or substantiating it.
Chief Lanford and Detectives Starnes and Coker then put
Fisher through a severe questioning and he then was taken out in
the police automobile to visit several of the places he said he had
been with Shirley on the day of the crime. While he was gone S
the request of Chief Lanford, came to the police station. Shirley
went into the chief's office. As soon as Fisher came back he was
bustled without any warning right into the room. Standing before
him was the man he accused.
Fisher was taken aback for an instant, but recovered himself
at once. He was placed in a chair near the chief and the
questioning was resumed. Chief Lanford, Charles J. Graham,
attorney for Shirley; Russell Shirley and the accused man himself
took turns in firing questions at the stolid figure in the chair. Aside
from a nervous movement of his hands, and a frequent stroking
of his face on which there was a four days' growth of beard, he
showed no sign that he was disturbed by the unusual position in
which he find himself.
Because of the positive statements contained in the first
announcement of Fisher's story and the terrible charge against
Shirley that was implied in its words, some possibility existed that
Shirley might be held at the police station until the story had been
investigated.
So many glaring improbabilities and conflicts, however, crept
into the man's narrative that Chief Lanford declared that he
couldn't think of holding Shirley on the strength of Fisher's story,
which he branded manifestly impossible.
The trip to No. 132 Bellwood avenue developed one of the
reasons for disbelief in Fisher's statement. Mrs. William Holloway
lives here. Fisher said that he went in a wagon with Shirley to this
house the morning of April 28 to deliver a dresser. When the
officers and Fisher drove up to the house Monday night, Mrs.
Holloway declared that Fisher and Shirley never had delivered
anything there, and that she had not bought a dresser for years.
This blow to his tale did not daunt Fisher in the least. He still stuck
to his assertion that they went there that morning and delivered
the furniture.
Another of his statements which gave tangible cause for
disbelief was that he had seen no crowd on the streets April 26,
which was Memorial Day, either while he was waiting at Marietta
and Forsyth streets from about 1 until 3 o'clock in the afternoon
or while he and Shirley, according to his story, were driving across
Peachtree street and down Decatur street and then to the Union
Station.
He said that he noticed no crowd on the streets at all other
than would naturally be on any Saturday afternoon. The progress
of his wagon never was stopped at any time he was driving from
one place to another. It is claimed that this alone brands his story
as ridiculous, as there were large crowds on the street.
Still another discrepancy which the police say is in his story
is that he first said that he met C. W. Burke, agent for Attorney
Luther Rosser, on Friday night in Birmingham. Before the
detectives he declared that the first time he saw Burke was last
Saturday night when Burke met him on the street and brought
him to Atlanta. Burke also is declared to have said that he met
Fisher first on Friday night.
Fisher was questioned very closely about who had talked to
him in Luther Rosser's office. He said that Rosser and Reuben
Arnold had not talked to him at all, but that Burke had done most
of the examination. They told me up there that I would have a
hard time down there if the detectives got hold of me, he naively
told Langford.
Fisher gave all of his replies in a calm, almost disinterested voice.
When he charged Shirley with going to the pencil factory to meet
Mary Phagan he jeered his thumb carelessly toward Shirley who
sat the other side of a table.
You did it; you know you did it, he said to Shirley.
You lie, you skunk; you know d"well you lie! retorted
Shirley, and he started from his chair in a menacing manner.
Detectives grabbed Shirley and averted a fight.
This dramatic scene was enacted when Shirley was brought
to headquarters to face his accuser. Quiet was restored and
Fisher was ordered to tell his story in the furniture man's
presence.
The Saturday of the murder Shirley and I drove down to
Broad and Marietta streets in his wagon. We had delivered a
bureau to a Mrs. Holloway on Bellwood avenue. We stopped near
the corner and Shirley said he wanted me to hold the horse while
he went to the pencil factory, where he had a date, he said, with
Hattie,' the pet name for Mary Phagan. Fisher paused and
Shirley was on his feet in an instant.
Called Liar and Bum.
You're a measly liar and I'll prove it, you drunken bum,
shouted Shirley, his eyes lighting up with a dangerous fire. Why
don't you tell the truth and quit lying? Shirley, half mad with
rage, was almost dragged into his chair by Charley Graham, his
attorney.
Fisher was told to continue.
I waited about an hour and a half for Shirley, started the
man again, his eyes roaming about the room, as though in search
for a place he could look where no eyes would catch his gaze. He
got back between 2:30 and 3 o'clock.
I've played hell in general, he said to me. Then he said I
had better get out of town.
Fisher again paused, and looking Shirley straight in the eyes
for the first time, said:
That's straight. Mr. Shirley, and if you'll tell the truth you'll
admit it.
Once more Shirley arose in a threatening attitude, but took
his seat again.
I didn't want to get out of town and told Shirley so, but he
threatened me and said I would have to get out. We drove to the
Union Depot and he purchased me a ticket for Ellijay. He gave me
$25. He went in the car with me and left me. If I hadn't have been
afraid of him I wouldn't have gone away. I stayed in Ellijay two
weeks then came back to Atlanta.
Tells of Threats.
I stayed here two weeks then went to Copper Hill, Tenn.,
because Shirley wanted me to and because he threatened me.
You know you threatened me Shirley"you know you did, and the
strange man shook his head in a dogged manner.
Shirley sent me some letters with money in them. Two he
sent contained $25 each. Another one contained $8.
I've told the truth and it'd all come out sooner or later,
declared Fisher with the air of a philosopher.
Efforts to shake the mans' story were without results. He
would answer most any question in an unconcerned way and
refused to be tangled up by the questions put to him by Graham,
the chief and by reporters.
You are telling a most wondrous tale, said Graham, but
you had better tell the truth before you get sent to jail for criminal
libel.
Denies Using Drugs.
I know what libel is retorted Fisher, and you can't send a
man to prison for telling the truth.
What Kind of dope do you use, morphine or cocaine?
someone shot at him.
None, said Fisher.
You look like you did, said one of the detectives.
That's because I need a drink"got one? he replied.
And undoubtedly, he did need one.
He had been given all the whisky he wanted while in the
hands of the attorneys, and was reluctant to leave such a nice
abode. His face needed a hour's work by a barber and a bath
would not have harmed him.
Chummy or Rummy?
Fisher said that while in Parksville he met a man by the
name of Joe Hicks, who was employed on the rail road with him
and that they became quite chummy.
You mean rummy,' don't you, Fisher? interposed Shirley's
brother.
Fisher went on to say that Hicks went to Birmingham with
him some weeks ago and that they had stayed together there.
Hicks, he said, was the first person he ever told the story of his
movements on the day of the murder of Mary Phagan. He never
even had told his wife.
You know that all she wants is to keep me in jail, don't
you? he asked, addressing the Shirley brothers.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went on to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here.
After he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent
man hang, it just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went
with me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole
thing.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here. After
he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent man
hang. It just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went with
me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole thing.
Who did the most talking? inquired Chief Lanford.
Why, I guess Hicks did, said Fisher.
After the questioning of Fisher was over, Lanford said.
Search for Conspiracy.
We are going to get at the bottom of this. It may be that
Fisher has been paid money, but I am going to investigate the
possibility that it was someone else and not Shirley that paid it to
him. If there is any conspiracy against Shirley or in behalf of
anyone else, the detective department proposes to find it out if
possible. Fisher has absolutely no evidence that money was sent
him. He has no envelopes from Shirley. He says he tore them up.
He says the letters were not registered, and he says that all of the
money was sent in cash. Altogether it is the most ridiculous story
I ever listened to.
PAGE 4, COLUMNS 1
& 5
MAYOR TAKES PART OF STRIKING
MILL WORKERS
New Trial For Frank Opposed in Thirty
Affidavits
FISHER'S ACCOMPLICE'
SOUGHT
PAGE 4, COLUMN 5
TWO
JURORS
DEFENDE
D
OF BIAS
Probity of Henslee
and Johen-
ning Upheld"
Influence of
Cheering on Jury
Denied
Some 30 affidavits to support the State's contention that Leo
M. Frank had a fair trial were made public Tuesday by Solicitor
Dorsey. They will be used Wednesday in the fight against the
defense's motion for a new trial before Judge L. S. Roan.
Some of the affidavits defend the probity and character of A.
H. Henslee and M. Johenning, jurors who were accused of bias;
some attack the trustworthiness of affiants for the defense, and
others assert that no influence could have been exerted on the
jury by the cheering and demonstrations on which the
defense is basing much of its theme of appeal.
Samuel Aaron, whose affidavit was quoted as attacking the
sincerity of Juror Henslee, was himself attacked by T. M. Webb,
whose impeachment was in the usual form, that he would not
believe Aaron on his oath, having known him many years.
Calls Neill Bad Character.
W. P. Neill, the defense's affiant, who stated he saw a
spectator talk one of the jurors and grab him by the hand, is
referred to in the affidavit of W. J. Clayton, of the Central Carriage
Company, as of bad character and one whom Clayton would not
believe under oath.
Plennie Miner, Deputy Sheriff, also refers to the affidavit of
Neill. He states, under oath, that one day in the courtroom he
thought he saw a spectator say something to a juror, without
rising, or touching him, or making any other gesture. He (Miner)
at once went to the spectator, in order to take him before the
judge, but the man denied having addressed any juror, and
another man, sitting next him, also assured Miner that his
companion had not spoken to any juror, so the deputy let the
incident close.
T. S. Hawes, of Bainbridge, Ga., impeached R. G. Gremmer,
stating that he had known the defense's affiant twenty years and
that he would not believe him under oath.
Time Element Enters.
In the interval of preparing the affidavits Mr. Dorsey stated
that he fancied those affiants who had sworn to hearing Henslee
say Barnesville some time in June that he had been drawn on
the jury would be puzzled on hearing that Henslee, as a matter of
fact, did not know himself that he was drawn on the jury until
Friday, June 25, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon; that he remained in
Atlanta Saturday and Sunday, and did not start for home until
Monday.
The Solicitor evidently had been calculating on the various
dates on which Henslee might have been charged with saying he
was on the Frank jury, but what deductions he had made would
have to appear later.
For the rest of the prosecution's affidavits, Henslee praised
Johenning as a juror without bias or prejudice: Johenning praised
Henslee is similar terms, and J. T. Ozburn, F. E. Winburn, W. F.
Medcalf, W. M. Jeffries, D. Townsend and A. L. Wisley, fellow
jurors, commended both Henslee and Johenning as high-minded
examples of justice and moderation.
Henslee Doubtful of Guilt.
It was the invariable testimony of his fellow jurors that
Henslee was the only juror to cast a doubtful ballot, indicating
that he was the most reluctant to make up his mind on what all
the rest of the jurors seemed to have agreed on.
There was much testimony in regard to the cheering and
demonstrations, attending to show that the
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.
PAGE 18, COLUMN 1
AFFIDAVITS
HIT
FRANK'S
PLEA
FOR
RETRIAL
Thirty Witnesses Swear
to Good
Character of Accused
Jurors
And Deny Influence on
Jury.
Continued From Page 1.
only cheering recognized as such was heard in open court, until
the last day of the trial, when a burst of applause followed the
reading of the verdict and was heard by the jurors as the poll was
being taken.
The jurors all professed to have been utterly ignorant of any
cheering except what was stated, and insisted that what they
heard could not have had any effect upon their decision since it
had been reached before the real cheering was heard.
Heard No demonstration.
As to the demonstrations in favor of Dorsey, there were a
dozen affidavits by jurors and deputies to say that the jury was at
such a distance, or in such a place, that only a confused and
indistinct noise was heard. One or two of the jurors fancied at the
time that there was a fight in progress somewhere.
C. F. Huber and A. F. Pennington, deputies having charge of
the Frank jury, contradicted the affidavit of Samson Kay for the
defense, and stated they heard no cheering or demonstration of
any kind the afternoon of Friday, August 22, or after the noon
hour Saturday, August 23.
Perhaps the most interesting reading in the pile was
Johenning's own account of the conversation related by Mrs.
Jennie G. Lovenhart and Miss Miriam Lovenhart, in the course of
which it was charged that he stated a belief in Frank's guilt.
Johenning asserts in his affidavit that he was talking of the
case with Mrs. Lovenhart and Miss Lovenhart, and they asked him
what he thought of it.
I replied that by the papers they have found him guilty
already, says Johenning, and added that I thought Frank would
have a hard time getting loose; that things didn't look very bright
for him.
Expressed No Opinion.
Johenning insists that he said no more than that, and that he
entertained no fixed opinion at that time, and did not arrive at a
fixed opinion until hearing the full evidence in court.
T. W. McGarity came to the support of Joehenning's
character, declaring it good, and asserting he would believe him
on oath. Similar affidavits, all warmly worded, were made by Dr.
W. C. Robinson, O. H. Puckett and R. N. Weaver.
Quite an array of complimentary affidavits came from
Barnesville to the support of A. H. Henslee. Among them were
those of W. H. Howard, J. C. Collier, T. W. Cochran, P. K. Gordy, J.
E. Howard and C. O. Summers, J. D. Lochridge, formerly of
Douglas, Ga. Professed to know the juror well and favorably.
An inkling of some plan of the Solicitor may be hidden in a
small affidavit made by Joe Murray, clerk at the New Albany Hotel,
Albany, Ga. He said that A. H. Henslee was a guest at that hotel
the night of June 2, and also registered there before the noon
meal September 18, 1913. Of course, if Henslee was not in Albany
between those dates he could not have made any statement
about his chance as a talesman.
Arnold and Dorsey Confer.
Reuben R. Arnold, of counsel for Frank, and Solicitor Dorsey
held a conference beginning at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon for
the purpose of coming to an agreement on the exact grounds
upon which the argument for a new trial will be based. It was
expected that if there were to be any conflict between the
opposing attorneys it would develop on this question.
Solicitor Dorsey is known to have taken issue with the
defense on a number of points as the affidavits made public
Tuesday indicate. He will strenuously resist any effort on the part
of Frank's lawyers to establish that there was sufficient disorder
or demonstrations in the courtroom at any time either unduly to
influence or intimidate the jurors. He already has answered this
charge by the affidavits denying that there was cheering in the
courtroom at times specified by the defense.
Judge Roan, before whom the argument will be heard
Wednesday, will be the final arbiter on the questions which
remain disputed by the attorneys. The hearing is scheduled to
begin at 9 o'clock in Judge Bell's court on the first floor of the old
City Hall Building, Pryor and Hunter streets. Both sides are
prepared to go ahead with the arguments and there appeared no
probability of further delay.
PAGE 4, COLUMN 8
JOE
HICKS IS
NOW
BEING
SOUGHT
He Is the Man Who
Went With Fisher to
Chief of
Police.
A search extending over two States was begun by the police
Tuesday in an effort to locate Joe Hicks, companion of Ira W.
Fisher. Hickk is the man who accompanied Fisher to the office of
Chief of Police Bodeker in Birmingham when Fisher made his
weird but quickly discredited accusation of the murder of Mary
Phagan against J. C. Shirley, of 809 Marietta street, Atlanta.
Chief of Detectives Lanford and Charles J. Graham, attorney
for Shirley, believe that they will have disclosed the deeply laid
plot against Shirley, if such a plot actually has existed, when they
have forced Hicks to talk and when they have grilled Fisher in a
sober condition. Threats were made yesterday that two prominent
Atlantans might be arrested if any basis were found for belief in
the plot theory. Later it was said that a searching investigation
was being made of the possibility that a man still higher up was
the moving spirit in a diabolical scheme to fasten the crime on an
innocent man.
Graham was undecided Tuesday as to whether Fisher's
sensational story was merely the vaporings of a disordered and
crazy intellect or the outcropping of a genuine conspiracy that
had gone wrong through the inability of Fisher to tell a convincing
story.
I think we all know all when we find this man Hicks, who
Fisher says was his constant companion Parksville, and later in
Birmingham, said Graham. Hicks, played a mysterious part in
the affair. Fisher himself admitted that Hicks did most of the
talking when they went to the office of Chief Bodeker. Hicks
appears to have told most of the story and Fisher merely
corroborated it.
There also is the possibility that Hicks suggested the story
to Fisher from day to day, and finally built up in Fisher's mind the
structure of the ridiculous tale he has told in Birmingham and
here in Atlanta, a story which was startling enough as a simple,
and direct accusation, but which broke down the instant the man
was forced to give any alleged details.
Blackmail Is Suggested.
We are working on several possibilities. One is that there
was a conspiracy against Shirley. If there was such a plot, it may
have been engineered alone by Fisher. Hicks may have been a
party to it. In this case, it was simple blackmail.
There also is the possibility that Fisher or Fisher and Ricks
were merely tools in a conspiracy and that the real conspirators
are men higher up. If this is the case, Atlanta will have a
sensation the like of which it has not experienced in years. On the
other hand, the whole story may be simply the ravings of a
drunken and besotted mind. Fisher's own relatives say that he
was an extraordinary liar when in his cups.
Ordinary conditions were reversed Tuesday. Shirly, the
accused, was walking the streets a free man. Fisher, the accuser,
was occupying a cell in the police station. A charge of criminal
libel has been preferred against him, but there is some question
as to whether this charge can be made to stand in view of the fact
that so far as is known Fisher made no written charges against
Shirley. Lawyers in general have expressed themselves as
believing that no charge beyond slander can be pre-
PAGE 10, COLUMN 1
FISHER STICKS TO
STORY
UNDER FIERCE
GRILLING
OF LAWYER AND
POLICE
Continued From Page 1.
ferred against him because all of his charges were verbal.
Fisher will be arraigned before Justice of the Peace Puckett,
probably Wednesday.
That the Fulton County Grand Jury will be asked to
investigate the origin of the accusations was the statement made
by Graham.
This action was decided upon following a lengthy conference
between Shirley, Graham and Chief of Detectives Lanford. Its
purpose will be to determine whether Fisher's story was the result
of a conspiracy against Shirley or simply the result of a drink-
crazed mind.
A rigid probe to the foundation of the story will be asked.
Persons named by Fisher as his associates since his departure
from Atlanta will be questioned, especially those with whom he
had dealings just prior to the time he appeared before Chief of
Police Bodeker in Birmingham and made his startling statements.
If the investigation shows that others had a hand in the
accusations against the furniture dealer, they will be prosecuted
together with Fisher on a conspiracy charge. Many believe that
this will prove the fact.
Attorney Graham stated that he would have a conference
with Solicitor Dorsey later in the day and an early date for the
Grand Jury probe would be fixed.
Two Atlanta men and one Birmingham man are threatened
with arrest on charges of conspiracy. A searching investigation by
Chief Lanford and Attorney Graham will decide whether this move
will be taken. Graham said Tuesday that he would make a
decision as soon as reports had been made to him on certain
rumors that had come to his ears.
Shirley said that he either would put Fisher in the asylum or
in the penitentiary. He will bring his books to the police Tuesday
to show a complete alibi. Lanford has instituted an investigation
of the charges of conspiracy and you will make arrests at once
finds them substantiated. Two of the men named in the alleged
conspiracy have been identified with the Frank case. The other
one is known to have been with Fisher in Birmingham.
It was pointed out by Chief Lanford Tuesday that were
Fisher's story true in every particular, there is nothing in it to
connect Shirley with the murder of Mary Phagan. The name that
Fisher said Shirley mentioned as that of the girl he was to meet
was Hattie. Shirley asserts that he never even knew Mary Phagan
by sight.
Fisher Locked Up.
Fisher was put under arrest at the police station on the
charge of criminal libel, the complaint being sworn to by Russell
Shirley, a brother of J. C. Shirley. Short shrift was given him after
he had repeated his weird story Monday night in the presence of
the man he accuses.
The warrant had already been made out, and as soon as it
became apparent that Fisher, said by some to be an irresponsible
drunkard and dope fiend, was going to stick by his story, Chief of
Detectives Lanford gave the paper to Detective John W. Starnes
and Fisher was locked up.
Fisher underwent a searching examination that lasted more
than three hours. His detailed story first was taken by G. C.
Febuary, secretary to Chief Lanford. Little effort was made at this
time to cross-examine him, the purpose being to get his story
together as he originally had told it so that every feature might
later be investigated with a view of disproving or substantiating it.
Chief Lanford and Detectives Starnes and Coker then put
Fisher through a severe questioning and he then was taken out in
the police automobile to visit several of the places he said he had
been with Shirley on the day of the crime. While he was gone S
the request of Chief Lanford, came to the police station. Shirley
went into the chief's office. As soon as Fisher came back he was
bustled without any warning right into the room. Standing before
him was the man he accused.
Fisher was taken aback for an instant, but recovered himself
at once. He was placed in a chair near the chief and the
questioning was resumed. Chief Lanford, Charles J. Graham,
attorney for Shirley; Russell Shirley and the accused man himself
took turns in firing questions at the stolid figure in the chair. Aside
from a nervous movement of his hands, and a frequent stroking
of his face on which there was a four days' growth of beard, he
showed no sign that he was disturbed by the unusual position in
which he find himself.
Because of the positive statements contained in the first
announcement of Fisher's story and the terrible charge against
Shirley that was implied in its words, some possibility existed that
Shirley might be held at the police station until the story had been
investigated.
So many glaring improbabilities and conflicts, however, crept
into the man's narrative that Chief Lanford declared that he
couldn't think of holding Shirley on the strength of Fisher's story,
which he branded manifestly impossible.
The trip to No. 132 Bellwood avenue developed one of the
reasons for disbelief in Fisher's statement. Mrs. William Holloway
lives here. Fisher said that he went in a wagon with Shirley to this
house the morning of April 28 to deliver a dresser. When the
officers and Fisher drove up to the house Monday night, Mrs.
Holloway declared that Fisher and Shirley never had delivered
anything there, and that she had not bought a dresser for years.
This blow to his tale did not daunt Fisher in the least. He still stuck
to his assertion that they went there that morning and delivered
the furniture.
Another of his statements which gave tangible cause for
disbelief was that he had seen no crowd on the streets April 26,
which was Memorial Day, either while he was waiting at Marietta
and Forsyth streets from about 1 until 3 o'clock in the afternoon
or while he and Shirley, according to his story, were driving across
Peachtree street and down Decatur street and then to the Union
Station.
He said that he noticed no crowd on the streets at all other
than would naturally be on any Saturday afternoon. The progress
of his wagon never was stopped at any time he was driving from
one place to another. It is claimed that this alone brands his story
as ridiculous, as there were large crowds on the street.
Still another discrepancy which the police say is in his story
is that he first said that he met C. W. Burke, agent for Attorney
Luther Rosser, on Friday night in Birmingham. Before the
detectives he declared that the first time he saw Burke was last
Saturday night when Burke met him on the street and brought
him to Atlanta. Burke also is declared to have said that he met
Fisher first on Friday night.
Fisher was questioned very closely about who had talked to
him in Luther Rosser's office. He said that Rosser and Reuben
Arnold had not talked to him at all, but that Burke had done most
of the examination. They told me up there that I would have a
hard time down there if the detectives got hold of me, he naively
told Langford.
Fisher gave all of his replies in a calm, almost disinterested voice.
When he charged Shirley with going to the pencil factory to meet
Mary Phagan he jeered his thumb carelessly toward Shirley who
sat the other side of a table.
You did it; you know you did it, he said to Shirley.
You lie, you skunk; you know d"well you lie! retorted
Shirley, and he started from his chair in a menacing manner.
Detectives grabbed Shirley and averted a fight.
This dramatic scene was enacted when Shirley was brought
to headquarters to face his accuser. Quiet was restored and
Fisher was ordered to tell his story in the furniture man's
presence.
The Saturday of the murder Shirley and I drove down to
Broad and Marietta streets in his wagon. We had delivered a
bureau to a Mrs. Holloway on Bellwood avenue. We stopped near
the corner and Shirley said he wanted me to hold the horse while
he went to the pencil factory, where he had a date, he said, with
Hattie,' the pet name for Mary Phagan. Fisher paused and
Shirley was on his feet in an instant.
Called Liar and Bum.
You're a measly liar and I'll prove it, you drunken bum,
shouted Shirley, his eyes lighting up with a dangerous fire. Why
don't you tell the truth and quit lying? Shirley, half mad with
rage, was almost dragged into his chair by Charley Graham, his
attorney.
Fisher was told to continue.
I waited about an hour and a half for Shirley, started the
man again, his eyes roaming about the room, as though in search
for a place he could look where no eyes would catch his gaze. He
got back between 2:30 and 3 o'clock.
I've played hell in general, he said to me. Then he said I
had better get out of town.
Fisher again paused, and looking Shirley straight in the eyes
for the first time, said:
That's straight. Mr. Shirley, and if you'll tell the truth you'll
admit it.
Once more Shirley arose in a threatening attitude, but took
his seat again.
I didn't want to get out of town and told Shirley so, but he
threatened me and said I would have to get out. We drove to the
Union Depot and he purchased me a ticket for Ellijay. He gave me
$25. He went in the car with me and left me. If I hadn't have been
afraid of him I wouldn't have gone away. I stayed in Ellijay two
weeks then came back to Atlanta.
Tells of Threats.
I stayed here two weeks then went to Copper Hill, Tenn.,
because Shirley wanted me to and because he threatened me.
You know you threatened me Shirley"you know you did, and the
strange man shook his head in a dogged manner.
Shirley sent me some letters with money in them. Two he
sent contained $25 each. Another one contained $8.
I've told the truth and it'd all come out sooner or later,
declared Fisher with the air of a philosopher.
Efforts to shake the mans' story were without results. He
would answer most any question in an unconcerned way and
refused to be tangled up by the questions put to him by Graham,
the chief and by reporters.
You are telling a most wondrous tale, said Graham, but
you had better tell the truth before you get sent to jail for criminal
libel.
Denies Using Drugs.
I know what libel is retorted Fisher, and you can't send a
man to prison for telling the truth.
What Kind of dope do you use, morphine or cocaine?
someone shot at him.
None, said Fisher.
You look like you did, said one of the detectives.
That's because I need a drink"got one? he replied.
And undoubtedly, he did need one.
He had been given all the whisky he wanted while in the
hands of the attorneys, and was reluctant to leave such a nice
abode. His face needed a hour's work by a barber and a bath
would not have harmed him.
Chummy or Rummy?
Fisher said that while in Parksville he met a man by the
name of Joe Hicks, who was employed on the rail road with him
and that they became quite chummy.
You mean rummy,' don't you, Fisher? interposed Shirley's
brother.
Fisher went on to say that Hicks went to Birmingham with
him some weeks ago and that they had stayed together there.
Hicks, he said, was the first person he ever told the story of his
movements on the day of the murder of Mary Phagan. He never
even had told his wife.
You know that all she wants is to keep me in jail, don't
you? he asked, addressing the Shirley brothers.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went on to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here.
After he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent
man hang, it just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went
with me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole
thing.
Well, I just let drop a hint or two at first. I told him that they
didn't have the murderer of Mary Phagan and that I knew who the
real murderer was. He told me that I ought to tell if I knew. Then I
went to tell him the whole thing just as I have told it here. After
he had kept telling me that I ought not to let an innocent man
hang. It just kind of got on my conscience. Finally, he went with
me Friday to Chief Bodeker's office and we told the whole thing.
Who did the most talking? inquired Chief Lanford.
Why, I guess Hicks did, said Fisher.
After the questioning of Fisher was over, Lanford said.
Search for Conspiracy.
We are going to get at the bottom of this. It may be that
Fisher has been paid money, but I am going to investigate the
possibility that it was someone else and not Shirley that paid it to
him. If there is any conspiracy against Shirley or in behalf of
anyone else, the detective department proposes to find it out if
possible. Fisher has absolutely no evidence that money was sent
him. He has no envelopes from Shirley. He says he tore them up.
He says the letters were not registered, and he says that all of the
money was sent in cash. Altogether it is the most ridiculous story
I ever listened to.
PAGE 5, COLUMNS 1 &
7
POLICE GET FISHER,
FRANK WITNESS
PAGE 5, COLUMN 7
MERCHANT VOWS
TO
PROSECUTE
FISHER
TO LAW'S FULL
LIMIT
Ira W. Fisher, whose story attempted to involve J. C. Shirley,
a respected Marietta street merchant, in the Phagan case, was
turned over to the police authorities late Monday afternoon.
Attorney Rosser notified Chief of Detectives Lanford that he was
ready to give the witness up. Detective Eugene Coker was
dispatched to the attorney's office immediately. Fisher was taken
to the police station and will be subjected to a rigid cross-
examination Monday night.
Fisher reiterated before a crowd of newspaper men and
detectives his startling story.
Despite Shirley's denial of every accusation made by Fisher,
the man persisted in his accusations. He went into detail, going
even so far as naming the amounts of money which he said
Shirley had sent him at various times and giving the towns which
he visited. However, he had no documents to support him and
none who heard the story believed.
That he will prosecute Ira W. Fisher, who names him as the
principal in his sensational story of the Phagan murder, to the
fullest extent the law allows, was the declaration made to a
Georgian reporter late Monday afternoon by J. C. Shirley, the well-
known and respected Marietta street merchant. He was retained
C. J. Graham, a lawyer who has already figured in the Frank case,
to represent him.
The whole story is a joke, said Mr. Shirley. But I will
investigate the law and determine how I may prosecute this man
for this abominable fairy tale.
J. C. Shirley said he did not even know where the National
Pencil Factory was until he read of the Phagan case in the
newspapers. He declared that he knew none of the girls employed
there, except that he had heard that two girls who lived across
the street were employed at the plant.
Fisher, in Luther Rosser's office, stuck to his story, but very
little credence was attached to it by anybody.
Fisher, according to report, declared that Shirley had met
him on the street on the afternoon of the murder and had
declared that he had met Mary Phagan and played hell.
When informed of this statement, the furniture man laughed.
Why the man is crazy he said.
Identification of the accused man was made public Monday
afternoon. It came from Birmingham, where Fisher first made his
sensational statements. The man is well known in business circles
of Atlanta. He declared that he was not aware that he was the one
referred to until he was approached Monday.
Mr. Shirley could not ascribe any reason for Fisher having
brought the charge of murder against him unless he was
demented.
Why, I don't recall having talked with Fisher since he left his
Marietta street home, said Mr. Shirley. The only time I saw
much of him was when he loafed around the store. I don't recall
having ever discussed the Phagan case with him.
Mr. Shirley denied having ever delivered furniture at the
home of J. W. Coleman, stepfather oof Mary Phagan, with Fisher.
Charged by his wife with being a raving drunkard; wanted by
the police, who give him a long court record, believed by
Probation Officer Coogler to be demented as a result of
accusations of murder made against himself, I .W Fisher, the
accuser of a prominent Atlanta man in the Phagan case, was
confronted Monday by a general disposition to ridicule his story
and the threatened collapse of a sensation.
Kept a prisoner in the office of Luther Z. Rosser, while the
police waited to arrest him, Fisher continued to be inaccessible to
newspaper men, but various investigations of his record bared
facts that threw a dark cloud on his reliability.
Detectives continued their vigil on the ground floor of the
Grant Building ready to arrest Fisher as soon as he made his
appearance. In the meanwhile the Frank lawyers kept on
investigating his story and seemed determined to hold their man
a strict prisoner until they were entirely through with him.
I am not acting sponsor for Fisher or for Fisher's story,
declared Mr. Rosser, at his office Monday. We want to keep the
man for a few hours longer, and then if the police would like to
have him they are welcome to him.
Do you believe Fisher's story? questioned a Georgian
reporter.
I have said my say, exclaimed the attorney.
Can I talk to Fisher? the reporter asked.
You can"when I get through with him, said Rosser, and he
strode away in the direction of his office doer.
A police officer stated positively Monday noon that the Frank
attorneys prisoner would be arrested and taken to headquarters
as soon as he was taken from Rosser's office.
None of the officers has had a look at Fisher, and it is
doubtful whether or not they will get him if he should try to walk
out of the Grand building. Since he was taken to the office of
Rosser yesterday morning he has been given a shave and an
overcoat. A pint of whisky was also seen to have been taken into
Fisher's cell.
The arrival of Chief of Police Beavers in Rosser's office
Monday noon created quite a bit of excitement. Chief Beavers
however, went into the private office of Rosser where the
arguments in the Whitehall street injunction were being heard.
Mr. Coogler's opinion was contingent on the identity of an I.
W. Fish-
PAGE 11, COLUMN 1
FISHER IS
DERANGED BY
AN OLD MURDER
CHARGE,
THINKS OFFICER
COOGLER
Continued From Page 1.
er Coogler has had before him many times and that of the Fisher
who has been virtually a prisoner in the Grant Building being the
same.
Coogler said Monday that Fisher was tried several years ago
for the murder of his wife's brother. He was acquitted, but it is
known that a suspicion that he was guilty still rested in the mind
of his wife, and that she frequently had charged him with the
crime. These accusations are believed by Coogler to have
unsettled Fisher's mind, a condition which perhaps has been
augmented by the use of drugs.
The Fisher Coogler has had before him lived at No. 797
Marietta street. An investigation of his record has disclosed that
the man was placed on probation November 24 of last year
charged with being drunk and disorderly and abusing his wife. He
obtained employment and contributed to the support of his wife
and children through the probation officer.
Fisher was before Coogler again on Christmas, and this time
he was given employment with the Christian Helpers' League. He
could not say good and February 21 he was arrested again,
charged with striking and otherwise mistreating his wife. He was
bound over to the State Court under bond of $200. He obtained
his release only to offend in the same respect again. A peace
warrant was issued, and he stayed in jail two days last May, and
soon afterward he disappeared from the city.
Coogler received a letter from him last May, postmarked in
Parksville, Tenn. He asked that his trunk be sent him. That was
the last Coogler heard of him until Fisher's sensational story
appeared in the Sunday papers.
Here is Fisher's probation record:
He was arrested and put on probation November 24, 1912.
The charge was abusing and mistreating his wife while drinking,
December 24, he violated his parole, drinking and again being
arrested. He promised better behavior, and was continued on
probation, staying at the Christian Helpers' League on Decatur
street.
February 22, 1913, Fisher yielded once more. Intoxicated, he
went to his wife's home and beat her. He was arrested and bound
over in police court under a $200 bond, which he furnished.
May 15 his wife applied for a peace warrant, under which
Fisher was arrested and detained two days, finally giving bond.
Then he disappeared May 28 Coogler received a letter from Fisher
postmarked Parkville, Tenn., requesting his truck, which he had
left in the Christian Helpers' League.
That closed that part of the official record of Fisher in
Atlanta.
Mind Broken by Drink.
Grave discredit was cast on Fisher's story by Mrs. Annie
Fisher, his wife, of No. 734 Marietta street, who asserted firmly
that she believed the tale of a business man's confession of the
crime was the fabrication of a mind broken down by drink,
perhaps by drugs.
My husband is a confirmed drunkard, Mrs. Fisher
regretfully admitted. He is at times without any responsibility for
his words or actions. He was once tried on a lunacy writ taken out
by his brother, a business man of Rome, Ga. They declared him
sane at the time, but put him on probation. I have an idea he uses
morphine. He left me August 12.
Both Stallings and his wife declare Fisher is utterly
irresponsible. His sister said she would not believe any statement
he might make, while her husband recounted some strange
stories he said Fisher had told him at different times.
He told them with no straight a face that I almost believed
him, Stallings said, but afterward I always found them to be
untrue.
Believed Frank Innocent.
As to Fisher's knowledge of the Phagan case, Mrs. Fisher said
that only once did her husband say anything that might have
been taken as evidence that he knew something. One night while
reading the newspaper accounts of the arrest Fisher said:
They haven't got the guilty man. Frank didn't murder Mary
Phagan.
Mrs. Fisher also denied that her husband had left Atlanta
immediately after the murder of the little girl, as he said.
He lived with here until August 12, she stated, and then
he went away because I had filed a petition asking divorce and
alimony. He went away to keep the papers from being served.
Mrs. Fisher was very candid and unreserved in talking the
affairs of her husband and herself.
They were married, she said, in Dalton, Ga., thirteen years
ago, and lived there until they moved to Atlanta three years ago.
Maniac When Drinking.
My husband has long been a drinking man, Mrs. Fisher
said. When sober I believe he was perfectly rational, but when
drinking"I don't know just how to express it. He was nearly a
maniac. More than once he threatened to shoot me. I had to have
him arrested less than a year ago because he was threatening my
life.
I was going to sue him for divorce then, but Officer Clarke, a
friend of his, took his part and begged me not to. I consented, and
he was put on probation. Officer Coogler, I believe it was, kept
him on the probation list four months. But it was no use at all.
Since Fisher went away to avoid the service of the divorce
papers, his wife has been taking boarders and sewing to support
herself and their two children. Fisher wrote to her from Parkville,
Tenn., she said, and again from a suburb of Birmingham. He
wanted to return and live with her, Mrs. Fisher said, but she did
not answer the letters.
Then Mrs. Fisher told of a happening the morning after the
murder was committed.
It was Sunday, she said, and just after breakfast we went
to a drug store about a block away. On our way back we met a
man I didn't know. He stopped my husband and said: Fisher, I've
got something to tell you.'
Went to Factory.
Mr. Fisher stopped and talked with him and I went on home.
Later, he came home and told me the man told him a girl had
been killed at the pencil factory. He seemed to be quite curious
about the crime. He and I went and we took our little girl, Evelyn,
and Miss Lille Embree, a young woman who was boarding with
us.
We couldn't go all over the factory, but I didn't think my
husband seemed at all nervous or acted unusual. He did read a
lot about the case. I noticed that. And some time after that I
missed my diary that I kept to set down almost everything I did. I
don't know that he took it, however.
Reporters, who had trailed Fisher from Birmingham, from
where he was brought to Atlanta by C. W. Burke, an agent for
Attorney Rosser, were on constant duty ready to resume the
chase in the event that any new move was made by Frank's
lawyers or there appeared an endeavor to hide him away. The
vigilance of an entire day and a night resulted in only the
sensational statement of the quasi-prisoner which was forecast
very closely by The Sunday American. This statement was given
out late in the afternoon by Attorney Rosser. Rosser would not
reveal the name of the prominent man charged. He said that his
identity must remain a mystery for a time at least. The only clew
he furnished was that the man was fairly prominent.
I do not want to use the name of the man, said Rosser,
and thus possibly to do him an injustice. I will tell everything in
the world except the name of the man.
The man who has just told his story to us is I. W. Fisher. He
once lived here and left e about the time of the murder of Mary
Phagan, and since then has lived in North Georgia, Tennessee and
Birmingham. He now lives in Birmingham.
Without our knowledge or instigation, he went to the Chief
of Police in Birmingham, George H. Bodeker, and asserted that
Frank was innocent, and that he had known of his innocence all
the time, but that he didn't think Frank would be convicted, and
therefore had kept his silence about the real murderer.
He said that he met the man who committed the crime on
Saturday, April 26, and that this man told him he was going to
meet Mary Phagan in the pencil factory at noon. Fisher said that
when the man came factory he said: I raised h"l in there and
you have got to get out of town.'
Since that time Fisher says that this man, who is well to do
and established in business here, has been paying his expenses
wherever he went.
Whether Fisher's story is true or false we do not know. We
are not giving it out as fact, but merely as one of the numerous
stories which have come to our ears during the investigation of
the crime. We would have said nothing about it if the newspapers
had not come out yesterday telling of Fisher's walking into the
office of the Chief of Police in Birmingham. We do not take any
stock in it one way or another as yet. But we are going to
investigate it thoroughly and find whether or not if it is true.
Police Told Name.
We have told the detectives something when we have not
told the public. We have told them the name of the man Fisher
accuses, and have incited them to work with us on our
investigation. There is such a man as the one Fisher names, and
he is well known. Fisher is a married man, and has several
children. They are in Atlanta.
Solicitor Dorsey, Frank A. Hooper, who assisted the Solicitor
in the Frank trial, and members of the detective department
appeared not at all impressed by Fisher's story Monday. I think
he's telling a lie, pure and simple, said Mr. Hooper when he was
asked his opinion.
Chief Lanford laughed at the story and said it was his belief
that Fisher was out in town at the time of the Phagan murder.
Fisher is the same man, he thinks, that testified some ago against
Griff Freeman, who was arrested on a blind tiger charge, and then
disappeared from town after Freeman was bound over Fisher was
not on hand to testify in the State trial.
Mrs. Fischer acted as a sleuth and obtained much of the
evidence that resulted in the prosecution of Freeman. She
testified at the trial that Fisher pawned her shoes and sold their
chickens to get liquor from Freeman. Fisher admitted that he had
bought liquor many times from the defendant.
PAGE 6, COLUMN 1
Shirley Declares
Books
Will Furnish
Him Alibi
I can account for every minute of my time on the day of the
murder of Mary Phagan, said J. C. Shirley, better known to his
friends as Charley, Shirley was in his furniture store at No. 809
Marietta street and a crowd of his friends had gathered around
him.
I can not say offhand just what I did on that day, but my
books will show my whereabouts.
I have not taken the time to look this up yet, as I attach
such little importance to the statement and accusations of that
drunken bum Fisher.
I first knew Fisher in 1911, when he moved next door to my
shop here. He came over here and I sold him, on time, a large
quantity of furniture. He fooled around about the bill, did little
work and much drinking, and finally in 1912 I went over and told
him I would have to bring the furniture back to my place.
His wife came to me and said that if I would change the
account to her, she would pay the bill. She said that if she paid it
and left the furniture in her husband's name he would steal it and
sell it to buy whisky.
Wife Got Furniture.
Shirley's friends nodded their approval.
I changed the account for her and she paid the bill and a
short time later, after her husband had left town, she moved
farther down the street. I didn't see Shirley for some time, then
one day he came and borrowed a dollar from me. Then it was a
long time before he came around. Previous to his borrowing the
dollar, he used to hang around the store.
The crowd around the popular furniture dealer knew all
about Fisher and many admitted that he had stung them for small
amounts.
Along in August of this year, a long time after Mary Phagan
was murdered, I saw Fisher and he paid the dollar. He was
wearing good clothes and had money and he apologized and told
me that he wanted to pay all his debts, to re-establish his good
standing.
Calls Fisher Drunken Tramp.
I never knew where the pencil factory was until I read
accounts of the murder in the papers and saw pictures of the
building. Then one day while down town I passed by and a crowd
of people were out in front and I stopped, and learned that the
building was the factory where Mary Phagan had been murdered.
Until after the murder I didn't know a soul at the factory
and then I learned that two girls who live across thee street here
worked there.
Fisher is a liar and a drunken tramp and nobody will believe
anything he says. I will see that he goes to jail for what he has
done if there is any way I can manage to send him there.
Shirley's
Friends
Threaten
Violence.
Threats of violence against Ira Fisher were made in the
neighborhood where Fisher formerly lived and where Charley
Shirley is liked by everyone. Should Fisher fall into the hands of
these residents, there is liable to be a manhandling part in the
700 and 800 block of Marietta street.
That Fisher has a regulation for a being a drunkard and tale
bearer is shown in the statements made to The Georgian Monday
night by wrathy residents.
W. H. Hooten, who owns a dry goods store at No. 807
Marietta street, said:
I wouldn't believe I. W. Fisher if he swore to anything while
on a stack of Bibles. He is the lowest, meanest man that ever
lived. One day last summer he tried to sell me some chickens
which he had in a sack. I asked him where he got them and he
said he stole them from his wife so he could sell them and go up
on North street for some liquor.
I know of another time when Fisher stole his wife's shoes so
that he could buy drink with the money he got by selling them.
Fisher is the man who the papers wrote up last spring in
connection with the mouse-colored mule,' when he claimed two
men asked him to ride in their wagon. Fisher said the men robbed
him of his pay. Later he said that he just claimed he was robbed
so he wouldn't have to give his money to his wife.
B. F. Shirley, brother of Charley Shirley and partner in the
business, speaking of Fisher, said:
He was the sorriest man I ever knew in my life. I wouldn't
trust or believe him. He would do anything for a dollar. Fisher is
the man who turned up Griff Freeman for selling liquor, and then
left town before the trial. This was about a year ago.
D.R. Dunbar, 800 Marietta, said:
I wouldn't believe that drunken tramp on oath. He has
done' every body in this neighborhood, but you can believe that
he won't show his face around here again as long as he lives.
Dr. W. D. Vincent, 57 Ponders avenue, and Samuel Deavers,
59 Hayden avenue, expressed, the same opinion.
Half a dozen others backed up the statements of their
friends, but didn't want their names in the papers.
The telephones in Shirley's store rang all afternoon and up
until late evening. Friends wanted to express themselves on their
opinion of Fisher, and to ask Shirley if he needed any help.
PAGE 7, COLUMN 3
FLASHLIGHT AT POLICE
STATION
PRINCIPALS IN NEW FRANK
MYSTERY
J. C. Shirley,
The merchant
named by
Fisher as
Mary Phagan's
slayer.
On the left
I. W. Fisher,
the mystery
witness, is
seen facing
Chief of
Detectives
Lanford.
PAGE 7, COLUMN 3
Shirley's Books
Give Alibi;
Accounts Hit
Fisher's Story
J. C. Shirley declared to Chief of Detectives Lanford at the
police station Tuesday morning, when he called there with his
lawyer, Charles J. Graham, that he could easily account for his
movements on the day Mary Phagan was murdered and that this
would establish a complete alibi.
Shirley's statement to the chief was verbal, the latter
informing him that an affidavit was wholly unnecessary, as there
was no charge against him. For this same reason the merchant
was not required to go into details.
Shirley explained that he has all of his books and records in
use in his store on April 26, the day of the murder, and that these
showed that no delivery of furniture was made at any place on
Bellwood avenue on that date. This refutes the statement of Ira
W. Fisher, the mysterious accuser, that he aided Shirley that
day in delivering a dresser at the Holloway home, No. 132
Bellwood avenue, and that it was there that the merchant told
him of his engagement of that afternoon with Hattie.
I never went out in my wagon that day at all, Shirley told
the chief. I remember very well that it was an unusually busy day
with us in the store, and I was kept there practically the whole of
the day. I remember distinctly that both of my hired boys one
white and the other a negro, got mad at me because I wouldn't
let them off at 12 o'clock. It being Memorial Day they wanted to
go downtown to see the parade.
Went to Terminal Station.
The negro boy, as I recollect it, drove the calico' mule and
the wagon all day. This is the mule referred to by Fisher in his
story about my driving it to Bellwood avenue and later down
town. Only once did I leave the store for any considerable time.
Shortly after 1 o'clock, in, the afternoon I went to the Terminal
Station to meet a man, who was going away on the train and who
promised to pay me a bill if I would see him there. I was back in
the store about 2 o'clock. I stayed there then until 8 or 9 o'clock
at night, when we closed the store.
Shirley said he was prepared to go more fully into detail in a
sworn statement as to his movements should it become
necessary.
I don't think that it will ever become necessary, however,
for that fellow Fisher is the greatest scoundrel unhung, or else is a
dangerous lunatic, remarked the merchant with a smile.
It's just a question of whether he ought to be in the
penitentiary or the madhouse.
Explaining his acquaintanceship with Fisher, he added:
I first knew Fisher in 1911, when he moved next door to my
shop here. He came over here and I sold him, on time, a large
quantity of furniture. He fooled around about the bill, did little
work and much drinking, and finally in 1912 I went over and told
him I would have to bring the furniture back to my place.
His wife came to me and said that if I would change the
account to her, she would pay the bill. She said that if she paid it
and left the furniture in her husband's name, he would steal it and
sell it to buy whisky.
Wife Got Furniture.
Shirley's friends nodded their approval.
I changed the account for her and she paid the bill and a
short time later, after her husband had left town, she moved
farther down the street. I didn't see Shirley for some time, then
one day he came and borrowed a dollar from me. Then it was a
long time before he came around. Previous to his borrowing the
dollar, he used to hang around the store.
The crowd around the popular furniture dealer knew all
about Fisher and many admitted that he had stung them for small
amounts.
Along in August of this year, a long time after Mary Phagan
was murdered, I saw Fisher and he paid the dollar. He was
wearing good clothes and had money and he apologized and told
me that he wanted to pay all his debts, to re-establish his good
standing.
Calls Fisher Drunken Tramp.
I never knew where the pencil factory was until I read
accounts of the murder in the papers and saw pictures of the
building. Then one day while down town I passed by and a crowd
of people were out in front and I stopped, and learned that the
building was the factory where Mary Phagan had been murdered.
Until after the murder I didn't know a soul at the factory
and then I learned that two girls who live across the street here
worked there.
Fisher is a liar and a drunken tramp and nobody will believe
anything he says. I will see that he goes to jail for what he has
done if there is any way I can manage to send him there.
Old Charge of
Murder Is
Revived.
DALTON, Oct. 21."Suspicions of murder once held against
Ira W. Fisher are to be brought up once again in a new
investigation as a result of Fisher's activity in the Frank case.
Years ago, Fisher was a witness in a whisky case in Superior
Court here and Judge G. G. Glenn, representing the defense,
impeached him. Twelve or fifteen of the country's most
responsible citizens swore on the stand that they would not
believe Fisher on oath. Fisher left here soon after the death of his
brother-in-law, Dug Steele.
PAGE 8, COLUMN 3
FLASHLIGHT AT POLICE
STATION
PRINCIPALS IN NEW FRANK
MYSTERY
On the left
I. W. Fisher,
the mystery
witness, is
seen facing
Chief of
Detectives
Lanford.
J. C. Shirley,
The merchant
named by
Fisher as
Mary Phagan's
slayer.
PAGE 8, COLUMN 3
Shirley Declares
Books
Will Furnish
Him Alibi
I can account for every minute of my time on the day of the
murder of Mary Phagan, said J. C. Shirley, better known to his
friends as Charley, Shirley was in his furniture store at No. 809
Marietta street and a crowd of his friends had gathered around
him.
I can not say offhand just what I did on that day, but my
books will show my whereabouts.
I have not taken the time to look this up yet, as I attach
such little importance to the statement and accusations of that
drunken bum Fisher.
I first knew Fisher in 1911, when he moved next door to my
shop here. He came over here and I sold him, on time, a large
quantity of furniture. He fooled around about the bill, did little
work and much drinking, and finally in 1912 I went over and told
him I would have to bring the furniture back to my place.
His wife came to me and said that if I would change the
account to her, she would pay the bill. She said that if she paid it
and left the furniture in her husband's name he would steal it and
sell it to buy whisky.
Wife Got Furniture.
Shirley's friends nodded their approval.
I changed the account for her and she paid the bill and a
short time later, after her husband had left town, she moved
farther down the street. I didn't see Shirley for some time, then
one day he came and borrowed a dollar from me. Then it was a
long time before he came around. Previous to his borrowing the
dollar, he used to hang around the store.
The crowd around the popular furniture dealer knew all
about Fisher and many admitted that he had stung them for small
amounts.
Along in August of this year, a long time after Mary Phagan
was murdered, I saw Fisher and he paid the dollar. He was
wearing good clothes and had money and he apologized and told
me that he wanted to pay all his debts, to re-establish his good
standing.
Calls Fisher Drunken Tramp.
I never knew where the pencil factory was until I read
accounts of the murder in the papers and saw pictures of the
building. Then one day while down town I passed by and a crowd
of people were out in front and I stopped, and learned that the
building was the factory where Mary Phagan had been murdered.
Until after the murder I didn't know a soul at the factory
and then I learned that two girls who live across thee street here
worked there.
Fisher is a liar and a drunken tramp and nobody will believe
anything he says. I will see that he goes to jail for what he has
done if there is any way I can manage to send him there.
Shirley's
Friends
Threaten
Violence.
Threats of violence against Ira Fisher were made in the
neighborhood where Fisher formerly lived and where Charley
Shirley is liked by everyone. Should Fisher fall into the hands of
these residents, there is liable to be a manhandling part in the
700 and 800 block of Marietta street.
That Fisher has a regulation for a being a drunkard and tale
bearer is shown in the statements made to The Georgian Monday
night by wrathy residents.
W. H. Hooten, who owns a dry goods store at No. 807
Marietta street, said:
I wouldn't believe I. W. Fisher if he swore to anything while
on a stack of Bibles. He is the lowest, meanest man that ever
lived. One day last summer he tried to sell me some chickens
which he had in a sack. I asked him where he got them and he
said he stole them from his wife so he could sell them and go up
on North street for some liquor.
I know of another time when Fisher stole his wife's shoes so
that he could buy drink with the money he got by selling them.
Fisher is the man who the papers wrote up last spring in
connection with the mouse-colored mule,' when he claimed two
men asked him to ride in their wagon. Fisher said the men robbed
him of his pay. Later he said that he just claimed he was robbed
so he wouldn't have to give his money to his wife.
B. F. Shirley, brother of Charley Shirley and partner in the
business, speaking of Fisher, said:
He was the sorriest man I ever knew in my life. I wouldn't
trust or believe him. He would do anything for a dollar. Fisher is
the man who turned up Griff Freeman for selling liquor, and then
left town before the trial. This was about a year ago.
D.R. Dunbar, 800 Marietta, said:
I wouldn't believe that drunken tramp on oath. He has
done' every body in this neighborhood, but you can believe that
he won't show his face around here again as long as he lives.
Dr. W. D. Vincent, 57 Ponders avenue, and Samuel Deavers,
59 Hayden avenue, expressed, the same opinion.
Half a dozen others backed up the statements of their
friends, but didn't want their names in the papers.
The telephones in Shirley's store rang all afternoon and up
until late evening. Friends wanted to express themselves on their
opinion of Fisher, and to ask Shirley if he needed any help.
PAGE 9, COLUMN 3
FLASHLIGHT AT POLICE
STATION
PRINCIPALS IN NEW FRANK
MYSTERY
J. C. Shirley,
The merchant
named by
Fisher as
Mary Phagan's
slayer.
On the left
I. W. Fisher,
the mystery
witness, is
seen facing
Chief of
Detectives
Lanford.
PAGE 9, COLUMN 3
Shirley's Books
Give Alibi;
Accounts Hit
Fisher's Story
J. C. Shirley declared to Chief of Detectives Lanford at the
police station Tuesday morning, when he called there with his
lawyer, Charles J. Graham, that he could easily account for his
movements on the day Mary Phagan was murdered and that this
would establish a complete alibi.
Shirley's statement to the chief was verbal, the latter
informing him that an affidavit was wholly unnecessary, as there
was no charge against him. For this same reason the merchant
was not required to go into details.
Shirley explained that he has all of his books and records in
use in his store on April 26, the day of the murder, and that these
showed that no delivery of furniture was made at any place on
Bellwood avenue on that date. This refutes the statement of Ira
W. Fisher, the mysterious accuser, that he aided Shirley that
day in delivering a dresser at the Holloway home, No. 132
Bellwood avenue, and that it was there that the merchant told
him of his engagement of that afternoon with Hattie.
I never went out in my wagon that day at all, Shirley told
the chief. I remember very well that it was an unusually busy day
with us in the store, and I was kept there practically the whole of
the day. I remember distinctly that both of my hired boys one
white and the other a negro, got mad at me because I wouldn't
let them off at 12 o'clock. It being Memorial Day they wanted to
go downtown to see the parade.
Went to Terminal Station.
The negro boy, as I recollect it, drove the calico' mule and
the wagon all day. This is the mule referred to by Fisher in his
story about my driving it to Bellwood avenue and later down
town. Only once did I leave the store for any considerable time.
Shortly after 1 o'clock, in, the afternoon I went to the Terminal
Station to meet a man, who was going away on the train and who
promised to pay me a bill if I would see him there. I was back in
the store about 2 o'clock. I stayed there then until 8 or 9 o'clock
at night, when we closed the store.
Shirley said he was prepared to go more fully into detail in a
sworn statement as to his movements should it become
necessary.
I don't think that it will ever become necessary, however,
for that fellow Fisher is the greatest scoundrel unhung, or else is a
dangerous lunatic, remarked the merchant with a smile.
It's just a question of whether he ought to be in the
penitentiary or the madhouse.
Explaining his acquaintanceship with Fisher, he added:
I first knew Fisher in 1911, when he moved next door to my
shop here. He came over here and I sold him, on time, a large
quantity of furniture. He fooled around about the bill, did little
work and much drinking, and finally in 1912 I went over and told
him I would have to bring the furniture back to my place.
His wife came to me and said that if I would change the
account to her, she would pay the bill. She said that if she paid it
and left the furniture in her husband's name, he would steal it and
sell it to buy whisky.
Wife Got Furniture.
Shirley's friends nodded their approval.
I changed the account for her and she paid the bill and a
short time later, after her husband had left town, she moved
farther down the street. I didn't see Shirley for some time, then
one day he came and borrowed a dollar from me. Then it was a
long time before he came around. Previous to his borrowing the
dollar, he used to hang around the store.
The crowd around the popular furniture dealer knew all
about Fisher and many admitted that he had stung them for small
amounts.
Along in August of this year, a long time after Mary Phagan
was murdered, I saw Fisher and he paid the dollar. He was
wearing good clothes and had money and he apologized and told
me that he wanted to pay all his debts, to re-establish his good
standing.
Calls Fisher Drunken Tramp.
I never knew where the pencil factory was until I read
accounts of the murder in the papers and saw pictures of the
building. Then one day while down town I passed by and a crowd
of people were out in front and I stopped, and learned that the
building was the factory where Mary Phagan had been murdered.
Until after the murder I didn't know a soul at the factory
and then I learned that two girls who live across the street here
worked there.
Fisher is a liar and a drunken tramp and nobody will believe
anything he says. I will see that he goes to jail for what he has
done if there is any way I can manage to send him there.
Old Charge of
Murder Is
Revived.
DALTON, Oct. 21."Suspicions of murder once held against
Ira W. Fisher are to be brought up once again in a new
investigation as a result of Fisher's activity in the Frank case.
Years ago, Fisher was a witness in a whisky case in Superior
Court here and Judge G. G. Glenn, representing the defense,
impeached him. Twelve or fifteen of the country's most
responsible citizens swore on the stand that they would not
believe Fisher on oath. Fisher left here soon after the death of his
brother-in-law, Dug Steele.
PAGE 10, COLUMN 3
FLASHLIGHT AT POLICE
STATION
PRINCIPALS IN NEW FRANK
MYSTERY
On the left
I. W. Fisher,
the mystery
witness, is
seen facing
Chief of
Detectives
Lanford.
J. C. Shirley,
The merchant
named by
Fisher as
Mary Phagan's
slayer.
PAGE 10, COLUMN 3
Shirley's Books
Give Alibi;
Accounts Hit
Fisher's Story
J. C. Shirley declared to Chief of Detectives Lanford at the
police station Tuesday morning, when he called there with his
lawyer, Charles J. Graham, that he could easily account for his
movements on the day Mary Phagan was murdered and that this
would establish a complete alibi.
Shirley's statement to the chief was verbal, the latter
informing him that an affidavit was wholly unnecessary, as there
was no charge against him. For this same reason the merchant
was not required to go into details.
Shirley explained that he has all of his books and records in
use in his store on April 26, the day of the murder, and that these
showed that no delivery of furniture was made at any place on
Bellwood avenue on that date. This refutes the statement of Ira
W. Fisher, the mysterious accuser, that he aided Shirley that
day in delivering a dresser at the Holloway home, No. 132
Bellwood avenue, and that it was there that the merchant told
him of his engagement of that afternoon with Hattie.
I never went out in my wagon that day at all, Shirley told
the chief. I remember very well that it was an unusually busy day
with us in the store, and I was kept there practically the whole of
the day. I remember distinctly that both of my hired boys one
white and the other a negro, got mad at me because I wouldn't
let them off at 12 o'clock. It being Memorial Day they wanted to
go downtown to see the parade.
Went to Terminal Station.
The negro boy, as I recollect it, drove the calico' mule and
the wagon all day. This is the mule referred to by Fisher in his
story about my driving it to Bellwood avenue and later down
town. Only once did I leave the store for any considerable time.
Shortly after 1 o'clock, in, the afternoon I went to the Terminal
Station to meet a man, who was going away on the train and who
promised to pay me a bill if I would see him there. I was back in
the store about 2 o'clock. I stayed there then until 8 or 9 o'clock
at night, when we closed the store.
Shirley said he was prepared to go more fully into detail in a
sworn statement as to his movements should it become
necessary.
I don't think that it will ever become necessary, however,
for that fellow Fisher is the greatest scoundrel unhung, or else is a
dangerous lunatic, remarked the merchant with a smile.
It's just a question of whether he ought to be in the
penitentiary or the madhouse.
Explaining his acquaintanceship with Fisher, he added:
I first knew Fisher in 1911, when he moved next door to my
shop here. He came over here and I sold him, on time, a large
quantity of furniture. He fooled around about the bill, did little
work and much drinking, and finally in 1912 I went over and told
him I would have to bring the furniture back to my place.
His wife came to me and said that if I would change the
account to her, she would pay the bill. She said that if she paid it
and left the furniture in her husband's name, he would steal it and
sell it to buy whisky.
Wife Got Furniture.
Shirley's friends nodded their approval.
I changed the account for her and she paid the bill and a
short time later, after her husband had left town, she moved
farther down the street. I didn't see Shirley for some time, then
one day he came and borrowed a dollar from me. Then it was a
long time before he came around. Previous to his borrowing the
dollar, he used to hang around the store.
The crowd around the popular furniture dealer knew all
about Fisher and many admitted that he had stung them for small
amounts.
Along in August of this year, a long time after Mary Phagan
was murdered, I saw Fisher and he paid the dollar. He was
wearing good clothes and had money and he apologized and told
me that he wanted to pay all his debts, to re-establish his good
standing.
Calls Fisher Drunken Tramp.
I never knew where the pencil factory was until I read
accounts of the murder in the papers and saw pictures of the
building. Then one day while down town I passed by and a crowd
of people were out in front and I stopped, and learned that the
building was the factory where Mary Phagan had been murdered.
Until after the murder I didn't know a soul at the factory
and then I learned that two girls who live across the street here
worked there.
Fisher is a liar and a drunken tramp and nobody will believe
anything he says. I will see that he goes to jail for what he has
done if there is any way I can manage to send him there.
Old Charge of
Murder Is
Revived.
DALTON, Oct. 21."Suspicions of murder once held against
Ira W. Fisher are to be brought up once again in a new
investigation as a result of Fisher's activity in the Frank case.
Years ago, Fisher was a witness in a whisky case in Superior
Court here and Judge G. G. Glenn, representing the defense,
impeached him. Twelve or fifteen of the country's most
responsible citizens swore on the stand that they would not
believe Fisher on oath. Fisher left here soon after the death of his
brother-in-law, Dug Steele.
PAGE 11, COLUMN 1
More Affidavits
Filed
Against Juror
Henslee
Two more affidavits were obtained this morning by the
lawyers for Frank tending to show that A. H. Henslee, a member
of the trial jury, had expressed strong opinions as to the guilt of
Frank before the trial.
Leon Harrison, of Atlanta, makes the statement under oath
that some time in May, 1912, he was walking South on Peachtree
street, and just north of Five Points he overheard Henslee and
another man engaged in a very animated conversation regarding
the Frank case.
Harrison stopped, he said, and listened, being interested in
anything he might learn of the famous case. He says he
overheard Henslee's companion say:
I don't believe Frank committed that murder.
To which Henslee's reply is said to have been:
I believe he did kill the girl, and if by any chance I get on
the jury that tries him I'll do my best to get him convicted.
The other sworn statement is the second affidavit of Julian A.
Lehman whose first statement drew from Henslee a sharp and
sweeping denial of the charge that he had expressed a belief in
Frank's guilt.
Lehman reiterates in his second statement all the assertions
made in his first. He says that between the date of the murder,
April 26, and the beginning of the trial, July 28, he heard Henslee
on two occasions express himself as being firmly convinced of
Frank's guilt. He gave the approximate dates of the expressions
as June 2 and June 20.
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- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Is the Guilty Man Among Those Held? [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Keeper of Rooming House Enters Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 9th, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Negro Watchman is Accused by Slain Girl’s Stepfather [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 14th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Nude Dancers Pictures Upon Factory Walls [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Pastor Prays for Justice at Girls Funeral [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 12th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Seek Clew in Queer Words in Odd Notes [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 11th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Slayers Hand Print Left On Arm Of Girl [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Boy Sweetheart Says Girl Was to Meet Him Saturday [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 City Offers $1,000 as Phagan Case Reward [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 19th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Clock Misses Add Mystery to Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 31st, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Confirms Lee’s Story of Shirt [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Girl’s Death Laid to Factory Evils [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 4th, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Great Crowd at Phagan Inquest [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Handwriting of Notes is Identified as Newt Lees [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 21st, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Leo Frank’s Friends Denounce Detention [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 30th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Looks Like Frank is Trying to Put Crime on Me, Says Lee [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 24th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Machinist Tells of Hair Found in Factory Lathe [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 22nd, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Mother Prays That Son May Be Released [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 29th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Net Closing About Lee, Says Lanford [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Newt Lee on Stand at Inquest Tells His Side of Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 7th, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Newt Lees Testimony as He Gave It at the Inquest [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 6th, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Policeman Says Body Was Dragged From Elevator [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 5th, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Reward of $1,000 Urged by Mayor [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 18th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Sergeant Brown Tells His Story of Finding of Body [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 28th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Sisters New Story Likely to Clear Gantt as Suspect [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 16th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Tells Jury He Saw Girl and Mullinax Together [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 25th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Tells of Watchman Lee Explaining the Notes [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 27th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Went Down Scuttle Hole on Ladder to Reach Body [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 2nd, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Witness Saw Slain Girl and Man at Factory Door [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Writing Test Points to Negro [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 17th, 2022]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee are Taken to Tower [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 9th, 2022]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 Terminal Official Certain He Saw Girl [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 8th, 2022]
- Friday, 2nd May 1913 Dorsey Puts Own Sleuths Onto Phagan Slaying Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 7th, 2022]
- Friday, 2nd May 1913 Police Still Puzzled by Mystery of Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 6th, 2022]
- Saturday, 3rd May 1913 Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 5th, 2022]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Dr. John E. White Writes on the Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2022]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Gov. Brown on the Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 4th, 2022]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Grand Jury to Take Up Phagan Case To-morrow [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 3rd, 2022]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 2nd, 2022]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Slayer of Mary Phagan May Still be at Large [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 30th, 2022]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Coroners Jury Likely to Hold Both Prisoners [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 24th, 2022]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Crowds at Phagan Inquest [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 29th, 2022]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Frank on Witness Stand [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 26th, 2022]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Judge Charges Grand Jury to Go Deeply Into Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 28th, 2022]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 27th, 2022]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Phagan Girl’s Body Exhumed [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 25th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 22nd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Brother Declares Bowen Left Georgia in August [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 21st, 2022]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Frank’s Testimony Fails to Lift Veil of Mystery [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 18th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 How Frank Spent Day of Tragedy [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 20th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Phagan Case and the Solicitor Generals Power Under Law—Dorsey Hasnt Encroached on Coroner [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 19th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Employe of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory is Trailed to Alabama [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 16th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Lee is Quizzed by Dorsey for New Evidence [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Phagan Girls Body Again Exhumed for Finger-Print Clews [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 14th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey Orders Body Exhumed in the Hope of Getting New Evidence [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 17th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Another Clew in Phagan Case is Worthless [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 5th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Black Testifies Quinn Denied Visiting Factory [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 31st, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Boots Rogers Tells How Body Was Found [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 10th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Didnt See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 11th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Frank Answers Questions Nervously When Recalled [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 3rd, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Frank of Nervous Nature; Says Superintendent Aide [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 1st, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Girl Employe on Fourth Floor of Factory Saturday [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 6th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Grand Jury to Sift the Evidence in the Phagan Case Within the Next Few Days [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 9th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Inquest Scene is Dramatic in its Tenseness [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 13th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Lee Repeats His Private Conversation With Frank [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 30th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Leo Frank is Again Quizzed by Coroner [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 4th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Pinkerton Detective Tells of Call From Factory Head [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 2nd, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Police Still Withhold Evidence; Frank To Be Examined on New Lines [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 12th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2022]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 7th, 2022]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Best Detective in America Now is on Case, Says Dorsey [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 29th, 2022]
- Saturday, 10th May 1913 Guard of Secrecy is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 28th, 2022]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 Caught Frank With Girl in Park, He Says [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 25th, 2022]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 Frank is Awaiting Action of the Grand Jury Calmly [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2022]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 Mary Phagans Death Only Assured Fact Developed [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 26th, 2022]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 Weak Evidence Against Men in Phagan Slaying [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 27th, 2022]
- Monday, 12th May 1913 Burns Called into Phagan Mystery; On Way From Europe [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 23rd, 2022]
- Monday, 12th May 1913 Phagan Case is Delayed [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 22nd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Frank’s Life in Tower [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 20th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Mother Thinks Police Are Doing Their Best [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 19th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 13th May 1913 New Theory is Offered in Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 21st, 2022]
- Wednesday, 14th May 1913 Friends Say Franks Actions Point to Innocence [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 17th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 14th May 1913 Secret Hunt by Burns in Mystery is Likely [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 18th, 2022]
- Thursday, 15th May 1913 Burns Investigator Will Probe Slaying [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 16th, 2022]
- Friday, 16th May 1913 $1,000 Offered Burns to Take Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 13th, 2022]
- Friday, 16th May 1913 Burns Hunt for Phagan Slayer Begun [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 15th, 2022]
- Friday, 16th May 1913 Secret Probe Began by Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 14th, 2022]
- Saturday, 17th May 1913 New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 12th, 2022]
- Sunday, 18th May 1913 Burns, Called in as Last Resort, Faces Cold Trail in Baffling Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 11th, 2022]
- Sunday, 18th May 1913 Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 10th, 2022]
- Sunday, 18th May 1913 Greeks Add to Fund to Solve Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 9th, 2022]
- Monday, 19th May 1913 Burns Agent Outlines Phagan Theory [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2022]
- Monday, 19th May 1913 Burns Eager to Solve Phagan Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 8th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 20th May 1913 Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 6th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 21st May 1913 T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 5th, 2022]
- Thursday, 22nd May 1913 Grand Jury Wont Hear Leo Frank or Lee [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 4th, 2022]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Dictograph Record Used Against Felder [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 28th, 2022]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Felder Denies Phagan Bribe; Calls Colyar Crook and Liar [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 30th, 2022]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Felder Denies Phagan Bribery; Dictograph Record Used Against Felder [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 2nd, 2022]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Frank Feeling Fine But Will Not Discuss His Case [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 1st, 2022]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Here is Affidavit Charging Bribery [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 29th, 2022]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Indictment of Both Lee and Frank is Asked [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 3rd, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Beavers Says He Will Seek Indictments [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 16th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Blease Ironic in Comments on Felder Trap [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 17th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Colyar Called Convict and Insane [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 20th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Colyar Held for Forgery [Last Updated On: September 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 26th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dictograph Catches Mayor in Net [Last Updated On: September 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 27th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dictograph Record Alleged Bribe Offer [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 2nd, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer [Last Updated On: September 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 21st, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Felders Fight is to Get Chief and Lanford Out of Office [Last Updated On: September 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 15th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Frame-Up Aimed at Burns Men, Says Tobie [Last Updated On: September 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 18th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Jones Attacks Beavers and Charges Police Crookedness [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 25th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Mayor Admits Dictograph is Correct [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 24th, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Miles Says He Had Mayor Go to Room [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 22nd, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Plot on Life of Beavers Told by Colyar [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 23rd, 2022]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Strangulation Charge is in Indictments [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 19th, 2022]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Attorney, in Long Statement, Claims Dictograph Records Against Him Padded [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 13th, 2022]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Arrest Proper End to Plot of Crook [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 10th, 2022]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar, Held as Forger, is Freed on Bond; Long Crime Record Charged [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 12th, 2022]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Dorsey to Present Graft Charges if They Stand Up [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 9th, 2022]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Ill Indict Gang, Says Beavers [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 14th, 2022]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Long Criminal Record of Colyar is Cited [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 11th, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Accuses Tobie of Kidnaping Attempt [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 3rd, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 5th, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Lay Bribery Effort to Franks Friends [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 7th, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Mason Blocks Attempt to Oust Chief [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 1st, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Mayor Eager to Bring Back Tenderloin, Declares Chief [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 6th, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Mayor Gives Out Sizzling Reply to Chief Beavers [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 4th, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Pinkerton Man Says Frank is Guilty [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2022]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 8th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 30th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Felder Aide Offers Vice List to Chief [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 29th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 28th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 31st, 2022]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Chief Beavers to Renew His Vice War [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 24th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Was in Factory on Day of Slaying [Last Updated On: September 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 26th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: September 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 25th, 2022]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Burns Joins in Hunt for Phagan Slayer [Last Updated On: September 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2022]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Conley Re-enacts in Plant Part He Says He Took in Slaying [Last Updated On: September 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 21st, 2022]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Felder Bribery Charge Expected [Last Updated On: September 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 22nd, 2022]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Negro Conleys Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying [Last Updated On: September 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 20th, 2022]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Ready to Indict Conley as an Accomplice [Last Updated On: September 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 19th, 2022]
- Friday, 30th May 1913 Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body [Last Updated On: September 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 18th, 2022]
- Saturday, 31st May 1913 Conley Star Actor in Dramatic Third Degree [Last Updated On: September 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 15th, 2022]
- Saturday, 31st May 1913 Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission [Last Updated On: September 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 16th, 2022]
- Saturday, 31st May 1913 Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian [Last Updated On: September 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 17th, 2022]
- Saturday, 31st May 1913 Special Session of Grand Jury Called [Last Updated On: September 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 14th, 2022]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Confession of Conley Makes No Changes in States Case [Last Updated On: September 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2022]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Conley is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter [Last Updated On: September 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 13th, 2022]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Conleys Story Cinches Case Against Frank, Says Lanford [Last Updated On: September 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 11th, 2022]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Dorseys Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing [Last Updated On: September 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 12th, 2022]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Today is Mary Phagans Birthday; Mother Tells of Party She Planned [Last Updated On: September 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 10th, 2022]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided [Last Updated On: September 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 8th, 2022]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Beavers to Talk Over the Felder Row With Dorsey [Last Updated On: September 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 7th, 2022]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police [Last Updated On: September 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 6th, 2022]
- Tuesday, the 3rd of June, 1913, Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Leo Frank [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 4th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Felder Says He Will Lay Bare Startling Police Graft Plans [Last Updated On: October 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 5th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Cooks Sensational Affidavit [Last Updated On: October 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 3rd, 2022]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Fain Named in Vice Quiz as Resort Visitor [Last Updated On: October 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 2nd, 2022]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Franks Cook Was Counted Upon as Defense Witness [Last Updated On: October 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 1st, 2022]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Challenges Felder to Prove His Charge [Last Updated On: October 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 31st, 2022]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Cook Repudiates Entire Affidavit Police Possess [Last Updated On: October 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 27th, 2022]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 I Know My Husband is Innocent, Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: October 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 29th, 2022]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Mother Here to Aid Frank in Trial [Last Updated On: October 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 30th, 2022]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 New Conley Confession Reported to Jury [Last Updated On: October 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 28th, 2022]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Chief Says Law Balks His War on Vice [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 26th, 2022]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 25th, 2022]
- Saturday, 7th June 1913 Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 22nd, 2022]
- Saturday, 7th June 1913 Defense Digs Deep to Show Conley is Phagan Girl Slayer [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 24th, 2022]
- Saturday, 7th June 1913 Mrs. Frank Attacks Solicitor H. M. Dorsey in a New Statement [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 23rd, 2022]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter [Last Updated On: October 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 21st, 2022]
- Monday, 9th June 1913 Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilty [Last Updated On: October 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 20th, 2022]
- Monday, 9th June 1913 Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley [Last Updated On: October 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 17th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought [Last Updated On: October 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 19th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Indictment of Felder and Fain Asked [Last Updated On: October 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 18th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Asks Beavers to Investigate Affidavit [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 14th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 16th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Plot Exposed, Says Felder, But Lanford Doubts Affidavit [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 13th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Police Hold Conley By Courts Order [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 15th, 2022]
- Thursday, 12th June 1913 Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 12th, 2022]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Judge Roan to Decide Conleys Jail Fate [Last Updated On: October 10th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 9th, 2022]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Negro Freed But Jailed Again On Suspicion [Last Updated On: October 10th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 11th, 2022]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 Sheriff Mangum Near End, Says Lawyer Smith [Last Updated On: October 10th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 10th, 2022]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 State Takes Advantage of Points Known [Last Updated On: October 10th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 8th, 2022]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Colyar Returns Promising Sensation [Last Updated On: October 10th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 5th, 2022]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast In Net [Last Updated On: October 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 6th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 17th June 1913 Sensations in Phagan Case at Hand [Last Updated On: October 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 4th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 18th June 1913 Rush Plans for Trial of Leo Frank [Last Updated On: October 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 7th, 2022]
- Thursday, 19th June 1913 Blow Aimed at Formby Story [Last Updated On: October 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 3rd, 2022]
- Friday, 20th June 1913 Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One [Last Updated On: October 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 2nd, 2022]
- Saturday, 21st June 1913 Justice Aim in Phagan Case, Says Hooper [Last Updated On: October 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 1st, 2022]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Arnold to Aid Frank [Last Updated On: October 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 30th, 2022]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Jurors, Not Newspapers, To Return Frank Verdict, Declares Old Reporter [Last Updated On: October 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 29th, 2022]
- Monday, 23rd June 1913 State Ready for Frank Trial on June 30 [Last Updated On: October 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 28th, 2022]
- Monday, 23rd June 1913 Venire of 72 for Frank Jury Is Drawn [Last Updated On: October 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 27th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 24th June 1913 Both Sides Called in Conference by Judge; Trial Set for July 28 [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 26th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 25th June 1913 Conley, Put on Grill, Sticks Story [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 25th, 2022]
- Thursday, 26th June 1913 Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 24th, 2022]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Lanford and Felder Are Held for Libel [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 23rd, 2022]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 22nd, 2022]
- Saturday, 28th June 1913 Gov. Slaton Takes Oath Simply [Last Updated On: October 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 20th, 2022]
- Saturday, 28th June 1913 State Secures New Phagan Evidence [Last Updated On: October 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 21st, 2022]
- Sunday, 29th June 1913 Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper And Arnold Clash in Trial of Leo Frank [Last Updated On: October 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 18th, 2022]
- Sunday, 29th June 1913 Many Experts to Take Stand in Frank Trial [Last Updated On: October 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 19th, 2022]
- Monday, 30th June 1913 Conley Tale Is Hope of Defense [Last Updated On: October 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 17th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 Colyar Indicted as Libeler of Col. Felder [Last Updated On: October 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 13th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 Colyar Not Indicted On Charge of Libel [Last Updated On: October 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 15th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 Frank Is Willing for State to Grill Him [Last Updated On: October 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 12th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 May Indict Conley as Slayer [Last Updated On: October 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 16th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 May Indict Conley in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: October 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 14th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 “No” Bill Is Returned Against A. S. Colyar [Last Updated On: October 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 11th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 2nd July 1913 Findings in Probe are Guarded [Last Updated On: October 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 10th, 2022]
- Thursday, 3rd July 1913 Attempt by Colyar To Disbar Felder Is Halted; Tries Again [Last Updated On: October 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 9th, 2022]
- Thursday, 3rd July 1913 Writ Sought In Move to Free Negro Lee [Last Updated On: October 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 8th, 2022]
- Friday, 4th July 1913 New Testimony Lays Crime to Conley [Last Updated On: October 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 7th, 2022]
- Saturday, 5th July 1913 Application for Lee’s Release Delayed [Last Updated On: October 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 5th, 2022]
- Saturday, 5th July 1913 Drop Ninth in Police Scandal [Last Updated On: October 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 6th, 2022]
- Saturday, 5th July 1913 Liberty for Newt Lee Sought [Last Updated On: October 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 3rd, 2022]
- Saturday, 5th July 1913 Unbiased in the Flanders Case, Says Slaton [Last Updated On: October 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 4th, 2022]
- Sunday, 6th July 1913 Application to Release Lee is Ready to File [Last Updated On: October 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 1st, 2022]
- Sunday, 6th July 1913 New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor [Last Updated On: October 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 31st, 2022]
- Sunday, 6th July 1913 Phagan Case Centers on Conley; Negro Lone Hope of Both Sides [Last Updated On: October 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 2nd, 2022]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Lee’s Attorney is Ready for Writ Fight [Last Updated On: October 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 30th, 2022]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Operations of Slavers in Hotels Bared [Last Updated On: October 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 29th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Attitude of Defense Secret [Last Updated On: October 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 24th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Girl Tells of Life in Slavers’ Hands [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 23rd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Grants Right to Demand Lee’s Freedom [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 27th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Police Hunt Principals in Expose [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 28th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Refused by Brown, Mangham Now Asks Slaton for Pardon [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 25th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 State Sure Lee Will Not Be Released [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 26th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 9th July 1913 Girl Springs Sensation in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: October 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 22nd, 2022]
- Wednesday, 9th July 1913 New Evidence in Phagan Case Found [Last Updated On: October 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 21st, 2022]
- Wednesday, 9th July 1913 Sensations in Story of Girl Victim [Last Updated On: October 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 20th, 2022]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 Beavers in Speech Warns Policemen to Keep Out of Dives [Last Updated On: October 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 17th, 2022]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 Beavers’ War on Vice is Lauded by Women [Last Updated On: October 20th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 16th, 2022]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 Chief Expects Arrests in Vice Probe [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 19th, 2022]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 Says Conley Confessed Slaying [Last Updated On: October 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 18th, 2022]
- Friday, 11th July 1913 Girl Tells Police Startling Story of Vice Ring [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 14th, 2022]
- Friday, 11th July 1913 Mincey’s Story Jolts Police to Activity [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 13th, 2022]
- Friday, 11th July 1913 Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 15th, 2022]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours [Last Updated On: October 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 8th, 2022]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Dragnet for ‘Slavers’ Is Set [Last Updated On: October 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 9th, 2022]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Five Caught in Beavers’ Vice Net [Last Updated On: October 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 10th, 2022]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Parents Are Blamed for ‘Slavery’ [Last Updated On: October 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 11th, 2022]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Says Women Heard Conley Confession [Last Updated On: October 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 12th, 2022]
- Sunday, 13th July 1913 Affidavits to Back Mincey Story Found [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 7th, 2022]
- Sunday, 13th July 1913 Indictment of Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 5th, 2022]
- Sunday, 13th July 1913 Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-Witness to Phagan Murder [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 6th, 2022]
- Monday, 14th July 1913 Girl Bares New Vice System [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 2nd, 2022]
- Monday, 14th July 1913 Mincey’s Own Story [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 1st, 2022]
- Monday, 14th July 1913 Prosecution Attacks Mincey’s Affidavit [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 4th, 2022]
- Monday, 14th July 1913 Vice Pickets Posted at Hotels [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 3rd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 15th July 1913 Holloway Corroborates Mincey’s Affidavit [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 28th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 15th July 1913 Police Close 2 Rooming Houses [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 30th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 15th July 1913 White Men Fined in War on Negro Dives [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 29th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 15th July 1913 Woodward Aids Chief in Vice Crusade [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 27th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 16th July 1913 Dorsey Adds Startling Evidence [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 26th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 16th July 1913 State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 25th, 2022]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 24th, 2022]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Mayor and Broyles in War of Words [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 23rd, 2022]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Mayor Asked to Probe Action of Police [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2022]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Woodward Enemy to Society, Says Recorder Broyles [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 20th, 2022]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Youth Accused in Vice Ring on Trial [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 22nd, 2022]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Detectives Working to Discredit Mincey [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 19th, 2022]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Woodward-Broyles Breach Widens [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 18th, 2022]
- Saturday, 19th July 1913 Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2022]
- Saturday, 19th July 1913 Natural Crank, Mayor’s Shot at Broyles [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 16th, 2022]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2022]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 15th, 2022]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Dorsey Fights Movement to Indict Conley [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 11th, 2022]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 13th, 2022]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Mincey Story Declared Vital To Both Sides in Frank Case [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 14th, 2022]
- Monday, 21st July 1913 Doctor And Girl Are Taken On Vice Charge [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 8th, 2022]
- Monday, 21st July 1913 Four Women Caught In Vice Net Escape From Martha Home [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 10th, 2022]
- Monday, 21st July 1913 Grand Jury Meets to Consider Conley Case [Last Updated On: October 26th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 7th, 2022]
- Monday, 21st July 1913 Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 9th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Defense Asks Ruling on Delaying Frank Trial [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 6th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Grand Jury Defers Action on Conley [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 5th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Story of Phagan Case by Chapters [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 4th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Conley is Confronted with Lee Dorsey Grills Negroes in Same Cell at Jail [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 3rd, 2022]
- Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Lanford Ridicules Bludgeon Evidence [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 1st, 2022]
- Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: April 2nd, 2022]
- Thursday, 24th July 1913 Frank Trial Delay up to Roan [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 28th, 2022]
- Thursday, 24th July 1913 Let the Frank Trial Go On [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 31st, 2022]
- Thursday, 24th July 1913 Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: October 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 29th, 2022]
- Thursday, 24th July 1913 Veneir is Drawn to Try Leo M. Frank Monday [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 30th, 2022]
- Friday, 25th July 1913 Witnesses for Frank Called [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 27th, 2022]
- Saturday, 26th July 1913 Chapter 5 in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 24th, 2022]
- Saturday, 26th July 1913 Pinkerton Chief Scored by Lanford [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 26th, 2022]
- Saturday, 26th July 1913 Present New Evidence Against Frank [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 25th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Brewster Denies Aiding Dorsey in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 12th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 18th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Every Bit of Evidence Against Frank Sifted and Tested, Declares Solicitor [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 19th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank Fights for Life Monday [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 22nd, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank Watches Closely as the Men Who are to Decide Fate are Picked [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 13th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Phagan Case of Peculiar And Enthralling Interest [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 16th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 23rd, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Prominent Atlantans Named On Frank Trial Jury Venire [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 20th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Public Demands Frank Trial To-morrow [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 17th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 State Bolsters Conley [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 21st, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 15th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Venire Whipped Into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 11th, 2022]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Work of Choosing Jury for Trial of Frank Difficult [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 14th, 2022]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, is Up Long Before Trial [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 9th, 2022]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Frank Jury [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 7th, 2022]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Jury Complete to Try Frank [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 10th, 2022]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Mary Phagan’s Mother Testifies [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 8th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 After Rosser’s Fierce Grilling All Negro, Newt Lee, Asked for Was Chew or Bacca-AnyKind [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 3rd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Defense Wins Point After Fierce Lawyers’ Clash [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 6th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Lee’s Quaint Answers Rob Leo Frank’s Trial of All Signs of Rancor [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 4th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 26th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 28th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Frank’s Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 27th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Gantt Has Startling Evidence; Dorsey Promises New Testimony Against Frank [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 2nd, 2022]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Rosser’s Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: March 1st, 2022]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl’s Story Big Aid to Frank [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 24th, 2022]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Crimson Trail Leads Crowd to Courtroom Sidewalk [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 22nd, 2022]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Holloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 21st, 2022]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Red Bandanna, a Jackknife and Plennie Minor Preserve Order [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 20th, 2022]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Scott Trapped Us, Dorsey Charges; Pinkerton Man Is Also Attacked by the Defense [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 25th, 2022]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant’ [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 23rd, 2022]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Conley Takes Stand Saturday [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 19th, 2022]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 17th, 2022]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Dorsey Unafraid as He Faces Champions of the Atlanta Bar [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 16th, 2022]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Girl Slain After Frank Left Factory, Believed to be Defense Theory [Last Updated On: November 1st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 15th, 2022]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Sherlocks, Lupins and Lecoqs See Frank Trial [Last Updated On: November 1st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 18th, 2022]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Threatens a Mistrial [Last Updated On: November 1st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 14th, 2022]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Frank Juror’s Life One Grand, Sweet SongNot [Last Updated On: November 1st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 10th, 2022]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Roan Holding Scales of Justice With Steady Hand [Last Updated On: November 1st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2022]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 State Hopes Dr. Harris Fixed Fact That Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl [Last Updated On: November 2nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 12th, 2022]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank? [Last Updated On: November 2nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 13th, 2022]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis [Last Updated On: November 2nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 8th, 2022]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 First Week of Frank Trial Ends With Both Sides Sure of Victory [Last Updated On: November 2nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 9th, 2022]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Leo Frank’s Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case [Last Updated On: November 2nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 7th, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank’s Trial [Last Updated On: November 3rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley’s Story In Detail; Women Barred By Judge [Last Updated On: November 3rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 5th, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl [Last Updated On: November 3rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 28th, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand [Last Updated On: November 3rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 29th, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Envy Not the Juror! His Lot, Mostly, Is Monotony [Last Updated On: November 3rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 2nd, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Ghastly Tale [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 30th, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Frank Witness Nearly Killed By a Mad Dog [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 1st, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Jim Conley’s Story as Matter of Fact as if it Were of His Day’s Work [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 4th, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Jurors Strain Forward to Catch Conley Story; Frank’s Interest Mild [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 31st, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Ordeal is Borne with Reserve by Franks [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 27th, 2022]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Rosser’s Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 6th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Conleys Charge Turns Frank Trial Into Fight To Worse Than Death [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 25th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Many Discrepancies To Be Bridged in Conleys Stories [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 23rd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Mrs. Frank Breaks Down in Court [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 26th, 2022]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Rosser Goes Fiercely After Jim Conley [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 22nd, 2022]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Traditions of the South Upset; White Mans Life Hangs on Negros Word [Last Updated On: November 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 24th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Accuser of Conley is Ready to Testify [Last Updated On: November 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 19th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge? [Last Updated On: November 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 21st, 2022]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conley Swears Frank Hid Purse [Last Updated On: November 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 20th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Crowd Set in Its Opinions [Last Updated On: November 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 18th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds [Last Updated On: November 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 17th, 2022]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M. [Last Updated On: November 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 16th, 2022]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Jim Conley, the Ebony Chevalier of Crime, is Darktowns Own Hero [Last Updated On: November 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 14th, 2022]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Roans Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense [Last Updated On: November 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2022]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 State Ends Case Against Frank [Last Updated On: November 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 15th, 2022]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Trial as Varied as Vaudeville Exhibition [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 13th, 2022]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Trial Experts Conflict on Time of Girls Death [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 11th, 2022]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Bits of Circumstantial Evidence, as Viewed by State, Strands in Rope [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 7th, 2022]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Scott Put Conleys Story in Strange Light [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2022]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 State, Tied by Conleys Story, Now Must Stand Still Under Hot Fire [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 9th, 2022]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Witnesses Attack Conley Story [Last Updated On: November 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2022]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial [Last Updated On: November 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 5th, 2022]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense [Last Updated On: November 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2022]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Daltons Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says [Last Updated On: November 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 6th, 2022]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws is Sought by Defense [Last Updated On: November 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 1st, 2022]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Heres the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out? [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 4th, 2022]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Attacks Frank Report [Last Updated On: January 2nd, 2022] [Originally Added On: January 2nd, 2022]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Case Never is Discussed by Frank Jurors [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 28th, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conley, Unconcerned, Asks Nothing of Trial [Last Updated On: December 27th, 2021] [Originally Added On: December 27th, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Dalton Sticks Firmly To Story Told on Stand [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 24th, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank or Conley? Still Question [Last Updated On: November 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 31st, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank Struggles to Prove His Conduct Was Blameless [Last Updated On: November 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 29th, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Interest in Trial Now Centers in Story of Mincey [Last Updated On: November 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Mary Phagans Mother to be Spared at Trial [Last Updated On: November 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory [Last Updated On: November 11th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 22nd, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Phagan Trial Makes Eleven Widows But Jurors Wives Are Peeresses Also [Last Updated On: November 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 25th, 2021]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits [Last Updated On: November 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 30th, 2021]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Defense Bitterly Attacks Harris [Last Updated On: November 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 21st, 2021]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Deputy Hunting Scalp Of Juror-Ventiloquist [Last Updated On: November 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2021]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Grief-Stricken Mother Shows No Vengefulness [Last Updated On: November 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 19th, 2021]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters Third Week [Last Updated On: November 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 18th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day [Last Updated On: November 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Frank Trial Witness is Sure, At Least, of One Thinga Good Ragging [Last Updated On: November 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 16th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Peoples Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives [Last Updated On: November 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 14th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 State Charges Premeditated Crime [Last Updated On: November 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 17th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Both Sides Aim for Justice in the Trial of Frank [Last Updated On: November 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 12th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Mother Stirs Courtroom [Last Updated On: November 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 State Calls More Witnesses; Defense Builds Up an Alibi [Last Updated On: November 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 11th, 2021]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Defense Slips Load by Putting up Character of Leo Frank as Issue [Last Updated On: November 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 8th, 2021]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 State Fights Franks Alibi [Last Updated On: November 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 6th, 2021]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 State Wants Wife and Mother Excluded [Last Updated On: November 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2021]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 States Sole Aim is to Convict, Defenses to Clear in Modern Trial [Last Updated On: November 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 9th, 2021]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Steel Workers Enthralled by Leo Frank Trial [Last Updated On: November 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 7th, 2021]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 Frank Prepares to Take Stand [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 22nd, 2023]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 Testimony of Girls Help to Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 20th, 2023]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 What They Say Wont Hurt Leo Frank; State Must Prove Depravity [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 21st, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Girls Testify For and Against Frank [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 19th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Many Testify to Franks Good Character [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 17th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mothers Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 16th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 18th, 2023]
- Sunday, 17th August 1913 Supreme Test Comes As State Trains Guns On Frank's Character [Last Updated On: August 30th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 11th, 2023]
- Monday, 18th August 1913 Leo Frank Testifies [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2023]
- Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Jim Conley To Be Recalled [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 12th, 2023]
- Wednesday, 20th August 1913 State Closes Frank Case Near Jury Defense Begins Its Sur-rubettual. Hopes To Conclude Quickly [Last Updated On: November 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 29th, 2023]
- Thursday, 21st August 1913 Mass Of Perjuries Charged By Arnold Centers Hot Attack On Conley. Ridicules Prosecution Theory [Last Updated On: November 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2023]
- Friday, 22nd August 1913 Rosser Begins Final Plea [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2023]
- Sunday, 24th August 1913 Dorsey Demands Death Penalty For Frank In Thrilling Closing Plea [Last Updated On: November 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 29th, 2023]
- Monday, 25th August 1913: Frank Case To Jury Today Leo Frank On His Way From Jail To Court, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: August 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 3rd, 2023]
- Tuesday, 26th August 1913, Frank, Guilty On First Ballot [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 12th, 2023]
- Wednesday, 27th August 1913 Fight Begun To Save Frank Motion For New Trial Follows Death Sentence [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 12th, 2023]
- Thursday, 28th August 1913 Reply Made To Frank's Attack [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 17th, 2023]
- Monday, 1st September 1913: Scent Phagan Case In Woman’s Cries Building Ransacked, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 2nd September 1913: Mystery At Frank's Pencil Plant Solved, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 3rd September 1913: Big Tasks Await Slaton’s Return, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, 5th September 1913: Conley To Face Misdemeanor Charge Only, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 7th September 1913: Dorsey Sure He Can Break Frank Claim Of Jury Bias, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 8th September 1913: Medical Student Is Held As Swindler, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 9th September 1913: Jim Conley Indicted For Part In Phagan Killing, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, 11th September 1913: Judge Roan Picked To Get Appointment To New Judgeship, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, 12th September 1913: Roan Likely To Be Named In 30 Days, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Saturday, 13th September 1913: Attorneys Jab At Each Other's Face In Broyles' Court, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 14th September 1913: Professor Beavers To Teach Etiquette, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 15th September 1913: Express Theft Arrest Due By Nightfull, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 16th September 1913 No Judge To Try Fulton Docket [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 17th September 1913 Conley To Fight Felon Charge Bitterly [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 17th September 1913 Say Partee Shot In Self-defense [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 17th, 2024]
- Monday, 22nd September 1913 Judge Roan Not To Hear Frank Trial Motion [Last Updated On: July 12th, 2024] [Originally Added On: March 31st, 2024]
- Wednesday, 24th September 1913 Detective Black Not Blamed For Fighting [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: March 31st, 2024]
- Thursday, 25th September 1913 Recall To Apply To All Big Offices [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: March 31st, 2024]
- Friday, 26th September 1913 Judge Roan To Hear Arguments Asking Retrial For Frank [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 29th, 2024]
- Sunday, 28th September 1913 Judge Hill May Hear Frank Case [Last Updated On: July 12th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 29th, 2024]
- Monday, 29th September 1913 Delay On Frank Hearing Seems Unavoidable [Last Updated On: July 12th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 29th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 30th September 1913 Frank Ready For New Fight Rosser Ready. Roan Will Hear Frank Argument [Last Updated On: July 12th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 29th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 1st October 1913: Rosser Ready Roan Will Hear Frank Argument, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Thursday, 2nd October 1913: Ask New Frank Trial On 115 Counts Many Errors Laid To Court; Charge Made Of Jury Intimidation, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Friday, 3rd October 1913: Frank Trial Juror Denies Charge Of Bias, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Saturday, 4th October 1913: Sensational Charge In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Sunday, 5th October 1913: Governor Slaton Personally Investigates And Verifies The Circulation Of The Georgian And Hearst’s Sunday American, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Sunday, 5th October 1913 Indefinite Respite Is Given Frank As Juror Charges Flood [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 29th, 2024]
- Monday, 6th October 1913: Frank Given Indefinite Respite, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 7th October 1913: Dorsey At Work To Combat Charge, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 8th October 1913: Both Sides Confident In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Thursday, 9th October 1913: Postponement In Frank Case Made Certain, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Friday, 10th October 1913: Hawthorne Ready To Leave Prison, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Saturday, 11th October 1913: Frank Lawyers To File More Depositions, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Sunday, 12th October 1913: Governor Slaton Personally Investigates And Verifies The Circulation Of The Georgian And Hearst’s Sunday American, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Monday, 13th October 1913: Attack Is Renewed On Frank Juror, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 14th October 1913: Dorsey Gathers Proof Against Bias Charges, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 15th October 1913: Dorsey Gathers Proof Against Bias Charges, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Thursday, 16th October 1913: Dorsey Back With New Affidavits More Delay In Appeal Fight Likely, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Friday, 17th October 1913: Sparta Citizens Attack Frank Trial Juror, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Saturday, 18th October 1913: Way Clear For Frank Battle, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Sunday, 19th October 1913: Frank To Fight On Wednesday For New Trial, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Monday, 20th October 1913: Way Clear For Frank Battle, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: August 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 22nd October 1913: Man Higher Up Sought In Fisher Plot, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Thursday, 23rd October 1913: Judge's Admissions Help Frank's Chance, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Friday, 24th October 1913: Disputes Block Frank Speech, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Saturday, 25th October 1913: Atlanta's Prejudice As Bitter As Russia's Declares Attorney, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Sunday, 26th October 1913: Lawyers In New Battle Over Life Of Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Monday, 27th October 1913: Henslee Is Attacked As Cold Plotter, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 28th October 1913: Ridicules All Claims Made For Frank, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 29th October 1913: Negro's Statement Legal Evidence, He Says; State Closes, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Thursday, 30th October 1913: Frank Alibi Upheld By Rosser In Closing, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Friday, 31st October 1913: Roan Keeps Frank Decision Secret, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2024]
- Saturday, 6th December 1913: Lid On To Stay, Says Beavers, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, 12th December 1913: Roan Attacked In Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Saturday, 13th December 1913: Dorsey Attacks Rosser's Decision, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 15th December 1913: Dorsey Ridicules Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 16th December 1913: Dorsey Ends Speech Against New Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 17th December 1913: Frank's Fate With Supreme Court Judges, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, 18th December 1913: Supreme Court Sets To Unraveling Red Thread Of Truth In Frank Case By James B. Nevin., The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Saturday, 20th December 1913: Frank Lawyers Reopen Attack On Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]
- Saturday, 27th December 1913: New Frank Case Brief Attacks Roan Again, The Atlanta Georgian [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2024]