Atlanta Journal
August 7th, 1913
STATE FINISHES TESTIMONY AND DR. LEROY CHILDS BEGINS EXPERT EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE
Dr. Childs Characterizes Conclusions Similar to Those Made by Dr. H. F. Harris and Dr. J. W. Hurt as Remarkable Guesses—He Says Cabbage Is Most Indigestible of All Vegetables and Might Stay in Stomach for Many Hours
DEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO PUT UP CHARACTER WITNESSES IN VIEW OF JUDGE ROAN'S RULING
Dalton Swears He Has Visited Pencil Factory in Company With Women, That Frank Knew of His Presence and That Jim Conley, the Negro Sweeper, Was There—He Tells of Frank's Visitors
When recess was ordered at 12:30 o'clock Wednesday in the trial of Leo M. Frank charged with the murder of little Mary Phagan, Dr. Leroy Childs, called by the defense as its first witness, was on the stand. Dr. Childs had already testified in answer to a hypothetical question framed by Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, that a post mortem examination nine days after death would not show whether a blow on the head, such as that described by Attorney Arnold, had produced unconsciousness, or whether it had been delivered before or after death. Dr. Childs declared that such a blow as that described by Mr. Arnold might even have produced death. He characterized any statement to the effect that such a blow procured unconsciousness and that it could not have produced death, as nothing short of a remarkable guess.
Dr. Harris also declared that cabbage was the most indigestible of all vegetables and that it might remain in the stomach as long as four hours and a half. Looking at the cabbage taken from the stomach of Mary Phagan and submitted as evidence at the Frank trial, Dr. Childs said that it was impossible to tell how long this food had remained in the stomach.
Dr. Childs followed Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the state board of health, who was the concluding witness for the state. At the close of Dr. Harris' cross-examination, the state rested. Answering the questions of Attorney Arnold, Dr. Harris reaffirmed the testimony given by him previously, namely, that Mary Phagan was killed within less than an hour after eating the cabbage and bread found in her stoamch; that the cause of her death was strangulation; that the blow on her head produced unconsciousness but could not have produced death and that she had suffered violence immediately before she was killed.
It is the evident purpose of the defense as shown by the testimony already drawn from Dr. Childs to vigorously dispute the evidence of Dr. Harris fixing the time of the little girl's death. Other medical experts, no doubt, will follow Dr. Childs.
It is now believed that the defense will put Frank's character in evidence, as the state has already succeeded in making an attack upon it through the testimony of Jim Conley, the negro sweeper, and C. B. Dalton. Should the defense put up witnesses to prove Frank's good character, the state will be permitted to rebut this testimony with any evidence it may have that is detrimental to Frank's character.
C. B. Dalton was the first witness called by the state Thursday morning. Attorney Reuben R. Arnold objected to each and every question and each and every answer of Dalton's testimony on the ground that it would be irrelevant, prejudicial and unjust. The objection was entered before Dalton began to testify and was overruled by Judge Roan. Dalton swore that he had visited the National Pencil factory with Daisy Hopkins, that Jim Conley, the negro sweeper, was always present and that Frank had received women visitors in his office. Dalton gave no specific dates. He was cross-questioned by Attorney Rosser.
When Thursday's session started Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor, in charge of the court room, and his several assistants announced that every spectator who disturbed the court by applauding any decision or action in the case, would be promptly ejected. The deputies are determined to prevent a reoccurrence of the scene of Wednesday, when Judge Roan announced his important ruling on the testimony of Conley.
If there is any more applause it is probable that the court room will be cleared.
COURT CONVENES.
A number of medical students stood in line at the court house door of a couple of hours, Thursday morning, and were among those early arrivals who gained admittance to the court when the doors were opened. They were there, some of them explained, to hear the further testimony of Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the state board of health, whose evidence is vital to the state's charge insofar as it tends to prove that because of the undigested cabbage in Mary Phagan's stomach, the little girl was killed within thirty to forty minutes after she ate her last meal at home.
In other respects, the prelude of the court's convening was as usual. Leo M. Frank, the accused, arrived early, and breakfasted in an ante-room of the court. Mrs. Frank, his wife, arrived alter and joined him in the ante-room. About half of the crowed that wanted to get in, found room. The remainder was stopped at the doors.
The name of C. B. Dalton was called as the first witness. Before he arrived in court, Attorney Arnold arose to object to each and every question directed to the witness, and every answer made by him on the ground that his testimony would be irrelevant, immaterial and prejudicial.
DALTON TESTIFIES.
"I overrule your objection," said Judge Roan. "Go ahead, Mr. Dorsey."
Dalton was sworn.
"Do you know Leo M. Frank?"
"Yes."
"Do you know Daisy Hopkins?"
"Yes."
"Do you know Jim Conley?"
"Yes."
"Do you work at the National Pencil factory?"
"No."
"Have you ever been there?"
"Yes, four or five times with Daisy Hopkins."
"Did you go to the office?"
"Yes."
"Was Frank there?"
"Yes."
"Then did you go to the basement?"
"Yes."
"Where in the basement?" The daigram [sic] was handed to the witness. Dalton pointed to the inclosure behind the partition alongside the boiler.
"Did Frank know you were there?"
"He knew I was in the building. I don't know about the basement."
"Was Jim Conley there?"
"Yes."
"Who was with Frank?"
"Why, sometimes two and sometimes […]
DEFENSE BEGINS THE INTRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE
[…] one young woman."
Mr. Rosser took up the cross-examination.
ROSSER'S QUESTIONS.
"When was the first time you visited Frank's office?" asked Mr. Rosser.
"It was sometime last fall. I don't remember the month."
"What time of day was it?"
"In the evening."
"Who was in there with Mr. Frank?"
"I don't know their names."
"Were they ladies or gentlemen?"
"Ladies."
"How many were in there?"
"Sometimes there were two and sometimes there were more."
"Do you know whether it was his stenographer or not?"
"No, sir."
"When was the second time you saw him?"
"I don't remember. I was in his office three or four times, but I don't know the dates."
"Who introduced you to Mr. Frank?"
"Miss Daisy Hopkins."
"When did you see Conley there the first time?"
"About the first of January."
"What was he doing?"
"He was sitting near the door when I went in."
"Was the door open when you came back out?"
"Well, he got up and opened it."
WENT DOWN LADDER.
"Where did you go in the building with Daisy Hopkins?"
The witness pointed again to the enclosure in the basement.
"Did you ever go down these stairs here?" asked Mr. Rosser, indicating the back stairs which it had been testified were nailed up months ago.
"No, I always went down this ladder," said Dalton, pointing to the ladder near the elevator.
"Where have you lived for the last year, Mr. Dalton?"
The witness gave an address on Hunter street.
"Where have you worked this year?"
"For the Western and Atlantic railroad."
"What kind of work do you do?"
"Carpenter work."
"Where did you work last year?"
"I worked for contractors."
The witness enumerated several contract jobs on which he worked last year, he said.
"Have you been absent from Atlanta in the last ten years?"
"Not for more than a week at a time."
"Whom else did you work for last year beside Mr. Heflin?"
Witness mentioned a Mr. McGinnis.
"Whom did you work for the year before that?"
Witness named Mr. McGinnis.
"Where did you live last year?"
"337 East Hunter street."
"Can you come any nearer telling the time when you met Frank in his office than sometime between September and December?"
"I don't remember."
IN THE AFTERNOON.
"What time of day was it?"
"Between 2 and 3 o'clock."
"Was the window of his office open?"
"Sometimes."
"Were there any curtains on the windows?"
"I never saw any."
"You saw two windows in each office, didn't you?"
"I don't know."
"Which office did you go into, the inner office or the outer office?"
"I went into the one next to the stairway."
"Do you know where the desk is in Mr. Frank's office?"
"I won't be sure, except I think I saw it sitting next to the wall."
"Have you see[n] Frank this year?"
"No."
"You haven't seen him since last fall?"
"I have not."
SAW CONLEY ON EVERY VISIT.
"Did you see Conley each time you went through the factory?"
"Yes, I saw him each time."
"Who was the watchman, at the time you saw a watchman there? Was he a negro each time?"
"He was a negro."
"When did you go there this year?"
"I went once on Saturday night, I think it was in January."
"Did you ever live in Walton county?"
"Yes, sir. I lived there about twenty years."
"Where did you go when you left there?"
"Came here."
"Were you absent from Walton county at any time while you lived there?"
"Yes."
"Where did you go?"
"I went to various places."
"Weren't you absent once for quite a long while?"
"Yes, I was in Lawrenceville once for two or three years."
"When was that?"
"I don't remember."
"Why did you go there?"
"My father moved there and lived there a while."
"Did you ever go to the factory with anyone besides Daisy Hopkins?"
MET OTHER GIRLS.
"No, but I've been to the corner there several times, near the Busy Bee, waiting to meet girls, and go home with them."
"Whom did you meet there? Can you name some of them?"
The witness mentioned several names.
"Where were you born?"
"I don't know."
"Well, where were you when you waked up?"
"I was in Lawrenceville, I think."
"Up to ten years ago you lived in Gwinnett and Walton counties exclusively?"
"Yes, the longest time I was away from home was two weeks, when I was in Alabama."
Mr. Dorsey took up the re-direct examination.
"Did you pay Conley anything?"
"Did you give Jim Conley any money?"
"Yes, I gave him a quarter every time I was there."
"When was that?"
"About once a week for about six weeks."
"Did Frank ever have anything to drink in his office?"
"Yes, sometimes he would have cold drinks."
"Did he ever have anything intoxicating?"
"Yes, beer once."
"Did you ever see any of the women in there doing stenographic work?"
"No."
By Attorney Rosser: "You say you saw beer there? Every time?"
"No, not every time. Usually there'd be a waiter full of cold drinks there."
The witness specified several soft drinks.
BEER AND WOMEN.
"Well, what women were there when he had the beer?" continued Mr. Rosser.
"There were two besides Daisy Hopkins."
"Describe them."
"I didn't pay any attention to anybody but Daisy."
"She must have been pretty," said Mr. Rosser.
"Just as pretty as a girl can be," returned the witness.
"Can you fix the date of the first visit any nearer than you have done?"
"No, sir."
The witness was excused, and Cite Detective L. S. Rosser was called.
"Did you see Mrs. Arthur White on April 28?"
"Yes."
"When did Mrs. White first mention to you that she saw a negro as she came down out of the factory about 12:50 on April 26?"
Attorney Rosser objected.
"When did you first know that she claimed to have seen a negro?"
"On May 6 or 7."
"Whom did you learn it from?"
"From her."
"Did you ever ask her about a negro?" asked Attorney Rosser.
"I don't think think so. She volunteered the information."
Before the witness was excused Solicitor Dorsey asked:
"Did you search around the elevator on the first floor of the factory?"
DIDN'T FIND BLUDGEON.
"Yes, on Monday or Tuesday."
The bloody stick said to have been found by the defense, and an umbrella handle, were exhibited to the witness by the solicitor.
"Were these there when you made the search?" asked the solicitor.
"No, sir."
"You took some chips to Dr. Claude Smith, didn't you?"
"Yes."
The solicitor exhibited some chips and asked: "Are these the chips?"
"They are the same."
Attorney Rosser: "You mean they look like the same?"
"No, they are the same."
BLUDGEON THERE TWO YEARS?
"Don't you know that this roller," continued Attorney Rosser, referring to the bloody stick, "had been down there for two years?"
"It was not there when I made the search."
The witness was excused. Solicitor Dorsey tendered in evidence the bloody shirt found by the detectives at Newt Lee's house. There was no objection. The solicitor tendered the chips in evidence. Attorney Rosser objected, saying that they had not been identified properly. Judge Roan said, "That's for the jury to judge. We'll let them in."
"Now, your honor," said the solicitor, "we want the cash book and the bank book showing the cash on hand April 26 and the deposits on about Monday or Tuesday or any time during the following week; and the officials of the National Pencil company have promised to produce them. I ask your honor to help one get them here."
COURT TAKES RECESS.
"There'll be no trouble about getting the books. We'll get them here," said Mr. Arnold.
"When we get these books here, and when Dr. Harris has finished his testimony, the state will rest," said Solicitor Dorsey. The solicitor explained "Dr. Harris can't sleep at night, and it was with difficulty that I got him here at all. He has promised to come down some time during the day." Mr. Dorsey intimated that he expected the defense to go ahead, and that Dr. Harris could be interposed. Mr. Arnold and Mr. Rosser preferred not to do that, and Dr. Harris was called by telephone at his residence, agreeing to come into court at 10 o'clock. Court recessed until about that hour, at 9:45 o'clock.
DR. HARRIS ON STAND.
Dr. Harris arrived in court at 11:05 o'clock and the jury was brought back and resumed its place. Dr. Harris went upon the stand.
Mr. Arnold resumed his cross-examination of the witness. Dr. Harris admitted that nervous influences and certain things taken on the stomach retard digestion, but declared that nobody knows to what extent it is retarded. There is very little known on the subject, he said.
He continued that some people say that sleep retards digestion while others say that it aids it. It is the same way with walking after a meal. He himself has not experimented much along this line, said he, and it would be only after long and tedious experiment that any definite data could be obtained.
He admitted that mental activity retards digestion to some unknown extent. Little, if anything, said he, can be told about the process of digestion by external indication when a person suffers very much from indigestion, but many people suffer mildly from indigestion for years without knowing it.
Dr. Harris said that medical men generally assume that blood goes toward the stomach to aid digestion; that there is more blood there while digestion is going on.
SOMETHING NOT DEFINITE.
He said that there are no definite facts known as to how long it takes substances not digested to pass out of the stomach. It is recognized that some substances are neither digested nor emulsified while they are in the stomach.
Mr. Arnold asked him if cabbage stalks do not sometimes pass out of the stomach without ever having been affected.
He said that they do not pass out that way from a normal subject. He admitted that grains of corn and peas, when swallowed whole, might not be affected even by a normal stomach.
He said that nobody can tell where most vegetables are digested. Parts of vegetables are digested in one place, and parts in another, he said. Mr. Arnold asked if digestion is not the most mysterious thing with which medical men have to contend.
"It is not," said Dr. Harris. Mr. Arnold asked if man is not the only animal that is omnivorous, except possibly pigs. Dr. Harris said that cats, he thought, are omnivorous, although they eat very little meat.
"I have always understood," said Mr. Arnold, "that the feline species is the most carnivorous of all. Does a wild cat eat anything but meat?"
"I don't' know, I have never associated with them."
"How about monkeys?" asked Mr. Arnold.
"They don't eat flesh to any extent, although they do eat insects."
CITES FAMOUS CASE.
Dr. Harris admitted that the investigations of Alexis St. Martin in a famous Canadian case led up to all digestive experiments.
"Isn't the study of digestion in its infancy?" asked Mr. Arnold.
"I wouldn't say that," replied Dr. Harris.
"You don't know the effect on man's digestion as well as you know the effect on animals, do you?"
"You do as far as the stomach alone is concerned," said Dr. Harris.
"What is laid down by science as the hardest vegetable to digest?"
"I never heard of any."
"Well, isn't cabbage laid down as one of the hardest?"
"I have seen that statement but experiments have shown that it does not necessarily prove true."
Attorney Arnold read a transcript of the evidence of Dr. Harris on direct examination, relating to his examination of Mary Phagan's stomach.
"What did you find out about the bread you found there?"
"Practically speaking, there had been no wigestion [sic] of it at all."
"Did you call in any other chemist you make these tests?"
"No, sir."
"You did it all yourself, then?"
"I did."
ONLY IN STOMACH HALF HOUR.
"And you didn't call in any representative of this man?"
"No, sir."
"All you are willing to say is that this material in the stomach had been acted on only half an hour. You wouldn't undertake to say that it had only been in the stomach that long, would you?"
"Yes, I would. It couldn't have been in there longer and not been subject to digestion."
Dr. Harris reiterated that there was absolute evidence that the little girl had suffered violence of some kind.
"Dr. Hurt made a visual observation. Was the dilation noticeable to him?" asked Mr. Arnold.
"He could not have seen with his eye all that I saw with the microscope."
Dr. Harris continued that he found dilation of the blood ves[s]els or hemorrhages in the tissue.
"These hemorrhages, doctor—were they visible to the eye?"
"No, I observed them under the microscope."
"And you couldn't tell by visual examination, whether there were hemorrhages present or not?"
"No."
"And there were hemorrhages scattered through the tissues?"
"Yes, sir."
"And the blood vessels and tissues were swollen?"
"Yes, indicating diffusion of the blood."
"Could you see the blood vessels with the naked eye?"
"No; it was necessary to use a microscope."
"How much were these blood vessels swollen?"
BLOOD VESSELS ENLARGED.
"Perhaps two-thirds more than their normal size. Maybe double."
"There is no way to determine what was their natural size?"
"No, not definitely."
"If I get a bruise on my hand, could you look through the microscope and tell whether the blood had come out of the vessels or not?"
"Yes, sir."
"I believe you said in your testimony about the skull wound that there was no pressure on the brain?"
"Practically none."
"Was the cut through to the skull?"
"Oh, yes."
"Well, what arteries were cut?"
"There are only small arteries there."
"Well, bleeding comes from the veins and arteries, does it not, doctor?"
"Yes."
"Well, what artery was on the skull at the base of this wound?"
"There was no particular large artery under it."
"Did you notice any blood vessels under the wound?"
"Not especially. There are, of course, blood vessels, veins and small arteries at that point on the skull."
"A wound bleeds more at first, doesn't it, and the flow of blood diminishes with time?"
"Yes, sir."
"Right where the injury was inflicted you would expect to find the greatest flow of blood?"
"Yes, sir."
"You say this injury couldn't have produced death?"
"No, sir, certainly not."
"Did you find any blood on the brain inside the skull and beneath this wound?"
"Yes, sir, I found about one drop of blood—a sort of effusion."
"This wound couldn't have affected the mental or bodily functions?"
"Not so far as the killing is concerned."
Mr. Arnold concluded his cross-examination. Solicitor Dorsey asked some additional questions.
"With reference to these poisons that Mr. Arnold asked you about yesterday, doctor, did you find any poison in any of the membranes?"
"No, sir, there couldn't possibly have been any irritating poisons such as carbolic acid, bichloride of mercury, or other poisonous salts. If there had been they would have shown up on the membranous surfaces."
"Your examination would have developed this fact?"
"Yes, sir, any quantity of these poisons sufficient to produce an effect would have been noticeable."
CABBAGE IN EVIDENCE.
Solicitor Dorsey offered in evidence the samples of cabbage—first the little jar containing the cabbage taken from Mary Phagan's stomach; second, the two jars of cabbage taken from the stomachs of other persons, alive. Mr. Arnold was willing to admit the sample taken from the dead girl's stomach, but objected to the others as illegal, irrelevant and immaterial. He said that the conditions of these other stomachs had not been shown to be the same as the condition of Mary Phagan's stomach. Solicitor Dorsey insisted that the cabbage had been cooked in the same manner for the other subjects; that it had been eaten in the same manner; that it had remained in the stomach a definite period; that these other stomachs were normal.
"We don't want to argue it," said Mr. Arnold. "We merely want to get our objection into the record."
Judge Roan permitted the introduction of the exhibits.
Solicitor Dorsey then called on the defense for the pencil factory cash book and financial statements. They were not in court, and the solicitor announced that the state rested its case.
It was agreed among the attorneys that three witnesses for the state—N. V. Darley, E. F. Holloway and Harry Scott—could be called back to the stand by the defense.
DEFENSE OPENS WITH CHILDS.
Dr. Leroy Childs, the first witness for the defense, branded as a couple of remarkable guesses the testimony by Dr. Harris and Dr. Hurt, who were witnesses for the state. Dr. Childs stated that he is a surgeon, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Atlanta for the past five years. He graduated from Michigan, said he, in 1906; served later in a hospital.
Mr. Arnold asked the witness this hypothetical question:
"Say a body was found at 3 o'clock and rigor mortis was not complete. It was embalmed at 10 o'clock. It was taken up nine days later and a post mortem performed. Behind the ear was a wound, cutting through to the skull, which one doctor says was 2 1-4 and another said was 1 1-2 inches long. There was a single drop of blood on the inside of the skull, but this did not in any way affect the brain or brain tissues. Could a physician performing this post mortem say definitely that this blow produced unconsciousness?"
ONLY A GUESS, HE SAYS.
"He could simply hazard a guess," said Mr. Childs.
"Would a blow on the body after death produce the same effects as a blow before death?"
"Yes, if it was inflicted within a cer-[…]
DR. HARRIS' TESTIMONY IS ATTACKED
[…]-tain time, say one to three hours."
"Then you would say that this blow as described could have been inflicted after death?"
"Yes."
"Would any statement that it could not have been inflicted, be anything but a guess?"
"No, not if the wound has been fully described to me."
"The difficulties of getting definite information would be increased or decreased on account of the fact that a post mortem examination was made nine days after death?"
"They would be increased because certain physical changes set in even after a body has been embalmed, and the burying and the exhumation in themselves would make a change. For instance, a body a few hours after death weighs less than at the time of death."
"With such a blow as I have described could a person have remained conscious?"
"Certainly."
"Doctor, people have remained conscious with their skulls fractured, haven't they?"
"In my own experience, I have seen people conscious with both tables of the skull fractured."
"Have you ever heard any opinion given as to unconsciousness with so little data before physicians?"
"No, I have not."
"In fact, doctor, a blow might not show anything on the surface and at the same time render a person unconscious or even produce death?"
"A blow could produce death with only a slight swelling," said Dr. Childs. "I have known of persons being rendered unconscious for many hours by the blow from a sandbag, and even of their being killed without any external sign."
"In that case, doctor, the concussion causes the death? And where concussion causes the death, there is seldom an external sign, is there?"
CABBAGE HARD TO DIGEST.
"No, very seldom."
"How is cabbage classed among foods?"
"As a carbohydrate."
"Are carbohydrates considered hard to digest?"
"Not as a fast rule."
"Is cabbage considered a hard food to digest?"
"It is generally considered the hardest."
"Doesn't cabbage vary? Compare an old woody cabbage with a fresh, watery one?"
"I can only say that fresh vegetables are easier to digest."
"Where does digestion begin?"
"In the mouth."
Attorney Arnold directed the attention of the witness to the samples of cabbage produced by Dr. Harris. Designating the sample taken from Mary Phagan's stomach, he asked, "Tell me if that is masticated thoroughly, in your opinion."
"Certainly not thoroughly," responded Dr. Childs.
"Does that cabbage look like it had been thoroughly cooked?"
"I wouldn't say."
"Is raw cabbage harder or easier to digest than cooked?"
"Raw is easier."
"What per cent of carbo-hydrate is there in cabbage, doctor?"
"Between 7 and 8 per cent."
"This is all of the cabbage affected by saliva in the mouth, is it not?"
"Yes."
DIGESTION RETARDED IN STOMACH.
"Does the stomach do anything toward digestion of cabbage?"
"It has a physical influence. By churning it may break up particles of cabbage."
Dr. Childs said that the juices of the stomach retard rather than aid the digestion of cabbage, and that the next real stage of digestion after cabbage leaves the mouth is in the intestine.
"Where is the process of digesting cabbage finally completed?"
"In the small intestines."
Attorney Arnold directed the attention of the witness again to the cabbage taken from Mary Phagan's stomach. "How long would it be before you would expect pieces such as that to get out of the stomach?" he asked.
"Authorities give four and a half hours for cabbage to pass out. There is no absolute rule, however. This varies widely."
"If you find cabbage up to the very second it leaves the stomach, it is still undigested, isn't it?"
"In a sense, yes."
"Isn't it possible for parts of the cabbage to pass through all the digestive organs and out of the body still undigested?"
"Yes."
"Aren't there many things that retard digestion?"
RETARDING DIGESTION.
Dr. Childs then named a number of physical influences which would retard digestion among them being excitement and violent exercise.
"Well, you might find substances in the stomach that had remained there a long time, might you not?"
"Yes."
"Hasn't every stomach its individual idiosyncrasies much as has the brain?"
"Absolutely."
Attorney Arnold asked another hypothetical question. "Take a human body that has been interred nine days. Take out the stomach and in the contents find cabbage and certain remnants of wheat bread. Could you hazard an opinion or a guess that that person had taken it into his stomach one-half or three-quarters of an hour before death."
"I certainly could not. I don't think anybody could hazard a guess within an hour."
COURT RECESSED.
"Well, isn't it impossible for anybody to state accurately and positively within two hours, doctor?"
"I wouldn't attempt to advance such an opinion myself."
"How long is it possible for cabbage like this to remain in the stomach?"
"I should say it is possible for it to remain there twelve hours."
"Digestion begins slowly, doesn't it, doctor?"
"Yes."
"Now, take common wheat biscuits. How long before they commence to pass out of the stomach?"
"I should say two hours and a half."
Court recessed at 12:30, with Dr. Childs still on the stand under direct examination by the defense. He will resume at 2 o'clock.
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- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Witnesses Positive Murdered Girl Was Same Who Created Scene at the Terminal Station on Friday [Last Updated On: January 30th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 30th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Business Men Protest Sensational “Extras” [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 22nd, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Hearing for Gantt at 3 P.M. Wednesday [Last Updated On: January 25th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 25th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Mary Phagan at Home Last Friday, Says Mother [Last Updated On: January 23rd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 23rd, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Negro Watchman Tells Story of Finding Girl’s Body and Questions Fail to Shake Him [Last Updated On: January 29th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 29th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Negro Watchman Wrote Note Found Beside Dead Girl, Experts Declare, After Seeing Franks Handwriting [Last Updated On: January 27th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 27th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Reward of $1,000 is Appropriated by City [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 26th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Says He Punched Time Clock on Wrong Number [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 24th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Use of Dictaphone on Frank and Negro is Denied by Police [Last Updated On: January 28th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 28th, 2021]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 Detectives Eliminate Evidence in Conflict with Theory that Phagan Girl Never Left Factory [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 21st, 2021]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 Did Murderer Seek to Burn Slain Girls Body, and Did the Watchman Interrupt Him? [Last Updated On: January 20th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 20th, 2021]
- Friday, 2nd May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey is Making Independent Probe of Phagan Case [Last Updated On: January 19th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 19th, 2021]
- Saturday, 3rd May 1913 Detectives Confer With Coroner and Solicitor Dorsey [Last Updated On: January 18th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 18th, 2021]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Girl in Red Dress May Furnish Clue to Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: January 17th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 17th, 2021]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Coroner’s Inquest Resumed 2:30 p. m.; Frank Will Testify [Last Updated On: January 16th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 16th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 L. M. Frank’s Complete Story of Where He Was and What He Did on Day of Mary Phagan Murder [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 13th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Paul Bowen, Held in Houston, Known Here But Left Atlanta in October; Hasn’t Been Back [Last Updated On: January 15th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 15th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Pictures of Fifty Girls Found in Search of Bowens Trunk [Last Updated On: January 12th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Story of Paul Bowens Arrest as Told by Associated Press [Last Updated On: January 14th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 14th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Bowen Given Liberty, Makes Full Statement [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 9th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Fourteen Houston Policemen Fired on Bowen’s Account [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Two New Witnesses in Phagan Mystery to Testify Thursday [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 11th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 J. L. Watkins Says He Did Not See Phagan Child on Day of Tragedy [Last Updated On: January 4th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 4th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Lemmie Quinn Grilled by Coroner But He Sticks to His Statement [Last Updated On: January 7th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 7th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Miss Daisy Jones Convinces Jury She Was Mistaken for Mary Phagan [Last Updated On: January 5th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 5th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Miss Hattie Hall, Stenographer, Left Pencil Factory at Noon [Last Updated On: January 6th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 6th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Mr. Frank’s Treatment of Girls Unimpeachable, Says Miss Hall [Last Updated On: January 3rd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Phagan Inquest in Session; Six Witnesses are Examined Before Adjournment to 2:30 [Last Updated On: January 8th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stains on Shirt Were Not Made While Shirt Was Being Worn [Last Updated On: January 2nd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 2nd, 2021]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Character Witnesses are Called in the Case by City Detectives [Last Updated On: December 25th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 25th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Coroner Donehoo Points Out the Law to the Jurors [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 24th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Detective Harry Scott’s Testimony as Given Before Coroner’s Jury [Last Updated On: December 29th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Detective John Black Tell[s] the Jury His Views on the Phagan Case [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 28th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Here is Testimony of Witnesses Given at the Final Session of Coroner’s Jury in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: December 30th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 30th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Investigation Just Begun Says Detective Lanford [Last Updated On: December 31st, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 31st, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Newt Lee Tells of the Talk He Had in the Police Station [Last Updated On: September 3rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 27th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Superintendent Frank is Once More Put on Witness Stand [Last Updated On: December 26th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 With Two Men Held in Tower, Mystery of Murder Deepens [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 1st, 2021]
- Saturday, 10th May 1913 Public Now Knows All Facts in Murder Case, Say Detectives [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2020]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 City Detectives Theory of Phagan Murder Outlined [Last Updated On: December 22nd, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 22nd, 2020]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 Grand Jury to Consider Phagan Case This Week [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 21st, 2020]
- Monday, 12th May 1913 Rumor That Frank Married in Brooklyn Not True, Says Eagle [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey is Working New Theory in Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 19th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 14th May 1913 New Theory Fails to Change Course of Murder Probe [Last Updated On: December 18th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 18th, 2020]
- Thursday, 15th May 1913 No Phagan Trial Before Last of June Declares Solicitor [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 17th, 2020]
- Friday, 16th May 1913 Books and Papers in Phagan Case in Grand Jurys Hands [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 16th, 2020]
- Saturday, 17th May 1913 Phagan Case Will Go To Grand Jury in Present Form [Last Updated On: December 15th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2020]
- Sunday, 18th May 1913 Phagan Theory is Unchanged After Three Weeks’ Probe [Last Updated On: December 14th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 14th, 2020]
- Monday, 19th May 1913 Burns Investigator Outlines His Theory of Phagan Murder [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 20th May 1913 Phagan Case Goes to the Grand Jury in Present Form [Last Updated On: December 12th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 12th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 21st May 1913 Finger Print Expert Works With Dorsey to Solve Mystery [Last Updated On: December 11th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 11th, 2020]
- Thursday, 22nd May 1913 Phagan Case Will Go to Grand Jury at 10 A. M. Friday [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Col. Felder Confirmed His Offer in a Midnight Conversation by Telephone, Says A. S. Colyar [Last Updated On: December 4th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 4th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Col. Felder Denies Offering $1,000 or Any Other Sum for Affidavit Held by Detectives [Last Updated On: December 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 8th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Detective R. S. Ozburn Swears to Phone Talk [Last Updated On: December 3rd, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 3rd, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Dictograph Set by Detectives to Trap Col. Thos. B. Felder; Here is the Dictograph Record [Last Updated On: December 9th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 9th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Febuary and Colyar Swear That Felder Offered Big Bribe [Last Updated On: December 7th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 7th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Here is Coleman Affidavit Which Officers Say Col. Felder Offered to Purchase for the Sum of $1,000 [Last Updated On: December 6th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 6th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 How Dictograph Was Installed in Williams House No. 2 to Trap Colonel Thomas B. Felder [Last Updated On: December 5th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 5th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Charlie C. Jones Shown by Dictograph to Have Been Foxy; Detective Miles Talks Freely [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 24th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Chief Lanford Replies to Col. T. B. Felder [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 21st, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dirty Gang Filled Out Record or Else Fooled Dictograph Mayor Woodward. [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 28th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dorsey Steers Clear of Felder Controversy [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 25th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Franks Attorneys Make No Comment [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 22nd, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Graft and Corruption are Charged to City Detectives and Police by Col. T. B. Felder [Last Updated On: June 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 26th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Leo M. Frank is Indicted by Grand Jury for Mary Phagans Death; Negro, Newt Lee Held [Last Updated On: November 30th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 30th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Negro Sweeper Tells Officer Frank Asked Him to Write Some Notes Day Before Tragedy [Last Updated On: December 1st, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Newt Lee Will Give Convicting Evidence Attorney Indicates [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Residents of Bellwood Ask The Journal to Say That Mr. Felder Was Not Employed by Them [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 20th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 The Journals Big Story of Dictograph and Alleged Bribe Has Stirred the Whole City [Last Updated On: November 27th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 27th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 We Have Enough Votes if We Get the Evidence, the Mayor is Quoted by the Dictograph [Last Updated On: November 29th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 29th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Chief Lanford Calls Felders Charges False [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 16th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Citizens Deny Authority for Using Their Names [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Imputes Arrest to Felder Conspiracy [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 14th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Tells Where He and Col Felder Ought to be for Good of Society [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 17th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Felder is the Mouthpiece of the Vice Gang, Declares Chief of Police Jas. L. Beavers [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 18th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Here Are Affidavits Submitted by Col. Felder [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 12th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Lanford is the Controlling Genius of Conspiracy to Protect the Murderer of Little Mary Phagan [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 13th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 State Didnt Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 19th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Woodward Hoots at the Idea of Plot to Oust Beavers [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 10th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 You Went to Williams House Like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Colyar Tells Felder in Letter [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 11th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Five Good Men Say if Charges Are Untrue, Says A. S. Colyar to Col. Felder [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 6th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 I Have No Proof of Bribery in Phagan Case, Says Chief [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Thorough Probe of Charges Against Felder and Latters Charges Against Police Asked [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 9th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Tobie Tried to Kidnap Incubator Baby, Says Topeka Police Official [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 7th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Col. Felder Ridicules Idea of Grand Jury Investigation of City Detectives Charges [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 5th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Felder Barely Missed Being Trapped by His Own Dictograph [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 4th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Carl Hutcheson Again Attacks Chief Beavers [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 2nd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Tells in Detail of Writing Notes on Saturday at Dictation of Mr. Frank [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 3rd, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 A. S. Colyar Released From Bond on Thursday [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 1st, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Chief Asks Hutcheson for Protected List [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 31st, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Detectives Seek Corroboration of Conleys Story [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 30th, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Former Pencil Worker Outlines His Theory [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 30th May 1913 Conley, Taken to Factory, Shows Where Girl Was Found—How They Put Body in Basement [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 28th, 2020]
- Friday, 30th May 1913 Conleys Confession is Given in Full [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 27th, 2020]
- Saturday, 31st May 1913 Grand Jury Called to Meet Tuesday in Special Session [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 26th, 2020]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Conleys Statement Analyzed From Two Different Angles [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2020]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Grand Jury Meeting Remains a Mystery [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 23rd, 2020]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Lanford Tells Why Conley Was Placed in Police Station [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 25th, 2020]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Franks Defense is Outlined [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 22nd, 2020]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Grand Jury Ready to Investigate Charges [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 20th, 2020]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Negro Girl is Arrested in Phagan Murder Case [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 21st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Attorney Retained for Negro Servant at Franks Home [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 18th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Grand Jury Told of Vice Conditions [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 19th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Cook Is Released on Signing Paper [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 14th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Felder Exonerates Beavers, But Says Lanford is Corrupt [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 16th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 L. M. Franks Trial Will Occur Week of June 30 [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 15th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Sensational Affidavit Made by Minola MKnight, Negro Cook at Home of L. M. Frank [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 17th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Colyar Arrested Again on Knoxville Warrant [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 9th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Grand Jury Probe of Vice Conditions Finished Thursday [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 12th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Lanford and Felder Come Near Fighting [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 11th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 My Husband is Innocent, Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank In First Public Statement [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 13th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Negros Affidavit Not Given Much Credence [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 10th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 A. S. Colyar Is Again Released From Custody [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 5th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Conley Sticks to His Story; Declares Detective Chief [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 8th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Jail Sentence for Woman Convicted in Vice Crusade [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Probe of Grand Jury Goes Over One Week [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 6th, 2020]
- Saturday, 7th June 1913 Torture Chamber Methods Charged in Getting Evidence [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 4th, 2020]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Scathing Replies Made to Letters Attacking Them [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 2nd, 2020]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 29th, 2020]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Three Open Letters Given Out Saturday by Thos. B. Felder [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 3rd, 2020]
- Monday, 9th June 1913 Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 1st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 28th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Conley’s Status in Phagan Case May Be Changed Wednesday [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 27th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Gentry Now Says Dictograph Record Was Tampered With [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 30th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 T. B. Felder Accounts for Subscriptions Received [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 26th, 2020]
- Thursday, 12th June 1913 Chief Beavers Unable to Locate Gentry [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 25th, 2020]
- Thursday, 12th June 1913 Courts Order May Result in Meeting of Negro and Frank [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 24th, 2020]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Luther Z. Rosser Declares Detectives Dare Not Permit Jim Conley to Talk Freely [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 23rd, 2020]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Solicitor H. M. Dorsey Wins in First Clash; L. Z. Rosser Declares Procedure a Farce [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 20th, 2020]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 Asks Jury to Resume Probe of Dictograph [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 21st, 2020]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 Solicitor H. M. Dorsey Leaves for New York [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 22nd, 2020]
- Sunday, 15th June 1913 Frank A. Hooper to Aid State in Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 17th, 2020]
- Sunday, 15th June 1913 Gentry, Found by Journal, Says Notes Will Show Enough to Justify What Was Sworn To [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 19th, 2020]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Felder Leaves Atlanta on Trip to Cincinnati [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 16th, 2020]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Hooper Wants a Rest For Public From Case [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 18th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 17th June 1913 Guessers See a Mystery in Dorsey-Hooper Trips [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 15th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 18th June 1913 Will Reuben R. Arnold Aid Frank’s Defense? [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 14th, 2020]
- Thursday, 19th June 1913 Hooper Returns and Takes Up Phagan Case [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 13th, 2020]
- Friday, 20th June 1913 Frank Case May Not Be Tried June 30 [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 12th, 2020]
- Saturday, 21st June 1913 Date of Frank Trial Still In Much Doubt [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 11th, 2020]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Arnold Declares Frank Innocent and Enters Case [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 10th, 2020]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Rosser & Brandon Join With Slaton & Phillips [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 9th, 2020]
- Monday, 23rd June 1913 Solicitor Will Fix Frank Trial for June 30, He Says [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 8th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 24th June 1913 July 28 Is Date Agreed Upon for Trial of Frank [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 7th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 25th June 1913 Both Sides Are Ready for Trial of Frank [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 6th, 2020]
- Thursday, 26th June 1913 Call of Cool Sea Breezes and Promise of Judge to His Wife, Secrets of Frank Trial Delay [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 5th, 2020]
- Thursday, 26th June 1913 To Hold Frank Trial in the Old City Hall [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 4th, 2020]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Col. Felder and Chief Lanford Indicted [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 3rd, 2020]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Hooper Sees Conley for the First Time [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 1st, 2020]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Seeking For a Phagan Suspect in Macon? [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2020]
- Saturday, 28th June 1913 Hooper and Goldstein Join Little & Powell [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 31st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 Facts Do Not Indicate Indictment of Conley [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 30th, 2020]
- Thursday, 3rd July 1913 Police Chief to Probe Vice Protection Charge [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 4th July 1913 Lee’s Attorney Seeks to Gain His Release [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2020]
- Friday, 4th July 1913 Lee’s Lawyer Expects Delay in Frank Case [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 28th, 2020]
- Saturday, 5th July 1913 Fight for Newt Lee’s Freedom is Delayed [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 26th, 2020]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Accused Policemen Will Face Commission Tuesday [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 24th, 2020]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Young Woman Tells Startling Story of Vice From “Inside” [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 25th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Girl to Tell Her Story of Vice to Recorder [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2020]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Newt Lee’s Attorneys Seeking His Freedom [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 22nd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 9th July 1913 Mary Phagan Pay Envelope Found [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 21st, 2020]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 Chief Traces Vice Conditions to Men; Promises Arrests [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 20th, 2020]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 No Finger Prints Found by Expert on Phagan Envelope [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 19th, 2020]
- Friday, 11th July 1913 Agent Claims Conley Confessed to Murder [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 18th, 2020]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Chief Beavers Orders Sleuths to Find Vice [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 17th, 2020]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Conley Again Quizzed by Prosecutor Dorsey [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 15th, 2020]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 More Affidavits to Support Mincey Claimed [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 16th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 15th July 1913 Mincey Affidavit Not New to the Solicitor [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 14th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 16th July 1913 Second Phagan Indictment Probable [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 13th, 2020]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Effort Being Made to Indict Negro Conley [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 12th, 2020]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Broyles Comes Back at Mayor Woodward and Mayor at Him [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 11th, 2020]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Grand Jury Is Called Monday to Indict Jim Conley [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 10th, 2020]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Pinkertons Now Declare Leo M. Frank Is Innocent [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2020]
- Saturday, 19th July 1913 Jury Is Determined to Consider a Bill Against Jim Conley [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 8th, 2020]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Dorsey Is Seeking to Be Grand Jury And Solicitor Too, Say Frank’s Counsel [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 7th, 2020]
- Monday, 21st July 1913 Will Not Indict Jim Conley Now, Jury’s Decision [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 6th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Was Mary Phagan Killed With Bludgeon? [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 5th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Fight Expected Over Effort to Defer Frank Case [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 4th, 2020]
- Thursday, 24th July 1913 Frank’s Trial May be Postponed Until Early in the Fall [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 3rd, 2020]
- Friday, 25th July 1913 Frank Will Likely Face Trial Monday for Phagan Crime [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 2nd, 2020]
- Saturday, 26th July 1913 Leo Frank Expects Acquittal and Asks an Immediate Trial [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 1st, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Chronological Story of Developments in the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 29th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank’s Story of His Moves on Day of Crime [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 25th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Here is Conley’s Confession Around Which Bitter Fight is Expected in the Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 26th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Leo M. Frank Will Go to Trial Monday, It Is Now Believed [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 31st, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Pinkerton Detective Replies to Lanford [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 30th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Plennie Minor Faces Task in Handling Court Room During Trial of Leo Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 27th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 State Will Build Case Against Frank Around Conley’s Story; Defense Will Undertake to Show that Negro Alone is Guilty [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 28th, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Court Scenes at Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 23rd, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Frank Case Ends [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 20th, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Mrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 21st, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 No New Testimony Will Be Given to Jury by Newt Lee [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 22nd, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 State Opens Its Case Against Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 24th, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Woman Charges Police Forced Her to Make False Statement [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 19th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Everybody’s a Reporter, Now, Else an Old Time Friend, Says Guardian of Court House Door [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 11th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Factory Girls Eager to Testify for Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 17th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank Trial Will Last One Week And Probably Two, Attorneys Say [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 12th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank’s Undistur[b]ed Face Wonder of the Court Room [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 14th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frequent Clashes Over Testimony Mark Second Day of Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 18th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Lawyers Hammer Lee for Two Hours at Monday Afternoon Session [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 15th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mincey in Atlanta, But Has Not Been to Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 16th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mother’s Sorrow and Newsie’s Wit Play on Emotions at Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 13th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Rabbi Marx Asserts His Belief in Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 9th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Spectators at Frank Trial Make an Absorbing Study [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 10th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 All Newt Wants Now is Freedom and a Hat [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 7th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Claims Mincey, When Needed, Will Testify [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 1st, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Defense to Claim Strands of Hair Found Were Not Mary Phagan’s [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 8th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Frank Jurors Idle Away Long Hours With Song [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 6th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Gantt Still Wears Two Little Devils That Caused Arrest [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 4th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 No Shirt-Sleeves for Lawyers in Frank Case [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 3rd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Trial is No Ordeal for Me, Says Frank’s Mother [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 2nd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Trial Thus Far Has Only Established Murder of the Girl [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 5th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Uncle of Frank, Near Death in Far-Off Hospital, Is Ignorant Of Charges, Against His Nephew [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 30th, 2020]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Machinist Tells of Finding Blood, Hair and Pay Envelope On Second Floor, Where State Claims Girl Was Murdered [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 29th, 2020]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Rosser Riddles One of the State’s Chief Witnesses [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 27th, 2020]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Witnesses of Frank Trial Have Tedious Job of Merely Waiting [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 28th, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Frank Trial Crowd Sees Auto Knock Down Youth [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 24th, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Lawyers Battle Over Testimony of Frank’s Nervousness; Witness Swears Negro Was in Factory About 1 o’Clock [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 26th, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum Attends Trial of Leo Frank; Believes in His Innocence [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 22nd, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Picnic and Theories Mark Noon Hour in Frank Trial Court Room [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 25th, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Watchman Swears Elevator Was Open; Changes Evidence [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 23rd, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Claims Members of Jury Saw Newspaper Headline [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 21st, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. Harris Collapses on Stand as He Gives Sensational Evidence [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 15th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. J. W. Hurt, Coroner’s Physician, Gives Expert Testimony [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 20th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Harris Testimony May Be Stricken by Court [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 19th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Miss Smith Declares Darley Was Incorrect [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 16th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Newt Lee Gets Hat; Now He’s Considering What He Wants Next [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 17th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Smile, Says Gheesling, When Facing Bear-Cat Like Luther Rosser [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 18th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 There Is One Joy in Being A Juror: Collectors Barred [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 14th, 2020]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Defense Will Introduce Witnesses [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 13th, 2020]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 State’s Case Against Frank As It Stands After Week’s Testimony Is Shown Here [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 12th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley Thought He Was on Trial, His Attorney Declares [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 8th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Conleys Glibness May Prove Unfortunate for His Testimony [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 9th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Jim Conley Tells An Amazing Story [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 11th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Many Discrepancies Between Conleys Testimony and His Testimony Given to Detectives [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 10th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Defense Moves to Strike Most Damaging Testimony [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 7th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Lawyers on Both Sides Satisfied With Conley [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 6th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Negro Sweeper Remanded to Solitude in Jail Over Night [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 5th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 He Shore Goes After You Says Conley of Mr. Rosser [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 1st, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Reverses Decision on Conley Testimony [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 4th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Rules Out Most Damaging Testimony Given By Conley Against Leo Frank [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 3rd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Mincey Ready to Swear to Conley Affidavit [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 2nd, 2020]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Judge Roan Decides Conleys Testimony Must Stand [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 30th, 2020]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Attacks States Case From Many Angles [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Begins Introduction of Evidence [Last Updated On: July 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 28th, 2020]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Schiff Refutes Jim Conley and Dalton [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 27th, 2020]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Confronts Watchman Holloway With Previous Affidavit [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 26th, 2020]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conleys Story is Still Center of Fight in Frank Case [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 25th, 2020]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Playing Practical Jokes on Watchful Bailiffs is Pastime of Frank Jurors [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 23rd, 2020]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Witness Found Who Saw Mary Phagan on Way to Factory [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 24th, 2020]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Frank Case Mentioned for First Time in House [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 20th, 2020]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Many Experts Called by Defense to Answer Dr. H. F. Harris [Last Updated On: July 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 22nd, 2020]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Sunday Proves Day of Meditation for Four Frank Jurors [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 21st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 C. B. Daltons Character Shown Up by Frank Defense; Four Witnesses Swear They Would Not Believe His Oath [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 19th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Ethics of Dr. H. F. Harris Bitterly Attacked By Reuben Arnold [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 18th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Character Made Issue by the Defense [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 17th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Lawyers Again Threaten Move for Mistrial [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 16th, 2020]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Court Stirred by Outburst From Leo Franks Mother [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 14th, 2020]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Franks Story of Before and After Crime Corroborated; Defenses Motion to Strike Sensational Questions Fails [Last Updated On: July 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 15th, 2020]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 All Georgia Records Broken by the Frank Trial [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 14th, 2023]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 Leo M. Frank Ready to Tell His Own Story to Jury [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 15th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank Takes Stand in Sons Defense [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 12th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Pencil Factory Model is Damaged in Fight [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 11th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Witness, Called by Defense, Testifies Against Frank [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 13th, 2023]
- Sunday, 17th August 1913 Frank Should Know Fate Before The Week Passes Is Opinion Of Attorneys [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2023]
- Monday, August 18th, 1913: Leo M. Frank Takes Stand - Tells His Story, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 3rd, 2023]
- Tuesday, August 19th, 1913: Attorney Swears That Witness Was Held Illegally Witness Swears Dorsey Refused To Free Magnolia Minola McKnight Fearing City Detectives [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, August 20th, 1913: Trial Testimony May Close Wednesday - Both Sides Are Anxious To Begin Argument And Send Case To The Jury, Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 15th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2023]
- Thursday, August 21st, 1913: [Reuben] Arnold Charges Gigantic Frame-up To Convict [Leo] Frank. Hooper Says Conley's Story Stood Test Of Grilling, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Friday, August 22nd, 1913: In Scathing Terms [Luther] Rosser Scores Dalton, Dorsey, [Atlanta] Police. Dorsey Will Conclude, Summing Up Case Against [Leo] Frank [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Saturday, August 23rd 1913: Leo Frank Trial Adjourned Until Monday Morning With Solicitor Hugh Dorsey In Midst Of Impassioned Speech, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Sunday, 24th August 1913 Frank's Fate Will Soon Be Known Dorsey Will Finish His Speech In Few Hours [Last Updated On: September 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Monday, 25th August 1913 Leo M. Frank's Fate Is Now In Hands Of The Jury. Motion For Mistrial Is Denied By Judge Leonard Strickland Roan [Last Updated On: September 15th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, August 26th, 1913: Leo Max Frank Sentenced To Hang On October 10th, 1913, But Fight For New Trial Will Stay The Execution For Many Months, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 15th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 27th Day of August 1913, Leo Frank Will Reply To Hugh Dorsey In Long Public Statement, Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Thursday, 28th August 1913 Despite Death Sentence Frank Sleeps Nine Hours [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2024]
- Saturday, 30th August 1913 Preacher To Speak On The Frank Case [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Sunday, 31st August 1913 Monument To Mary Phagan Proposed [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 2nd September 1913: Atlanta Free From Crime Wave, Judge Tells Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, September 2nd, 1913: Echo Of Frank Trial In Recorder's Court, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 3rd September 1913, Board For Frank Jury Will Cost Just $975.06, The Atlanta Journal. [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 17th, 2024]
- Saturday, 6th September 1913 Mary Phagan Home For Girls Suggested [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Sunday, 7th September 1913: New Pinkerton Chief Arrives In Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 8th September 1913: Trainmen Ask Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, September 9th, 1913: Conley Is Indicted On Two Counts By Fulton Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 9th September 1913: No Hostility Toward Blease, Says Slaton, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, September 10th, 1913: Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 10th September 1913: New Atlanta Court Will Shift Judges On Several Benches, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, 11th September 1913: Frank's Lawyers Are Hunting For Affidavits, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, 12th September 1913: Crawford Jackson Indicted Statement On Case Issues, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, 12th September 1913 Newt Lee Ignored [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Sunday, 14th September 1913: Three Judgeships Announced Judge B. H. Hill Appointed To New Atlanta Judgeship, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 15th September 1913: Thaw Lawyer Uncle Of Mrs. Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 16th September 1913: Veterans Urge Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 17th September 1913: Beavers Passes Up Pleas That He Get In Sheriff’s Race, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, 18th September 1913: Detective John Black Jailed In Birmingham, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Saturday, 20th September 1913: Mary Phagan Case To Be Example For Cops School Of Detection, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 21st September 1913: Sheriff Mangum Will Run For Re-election, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 22nd September 1913: One Of Four Judges Hears Frank Motion?, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 23rd September 1913: Sheriff C. W. Mangum Makes Announcement, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 24th September 1913: Leo M. Frank Again Heads B'nai B'rith, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 28th September 1913: Roan Not Likely To Hear Plea For New Frank Trial, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 29th Day of September 1913: Paul Donehoo Has Been Bridegroom a Week Now, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 30th September 1913: Commission Asks Why Jail Is Overcrowded, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 1st October 1913: Frank Motion Is Served On Solicitor, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 2nd October 1913: Solicitor At Work Preparing Answer To Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 4th October 1913: Affidavits Attacking Frank Jurors Made Public Two Jurors Prejudiced, Say Affidavits, And Jury Heard Crowds Cheer And Threaten, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 5th October 1913: Two Frank Jurors Firm In Denying Outside Pressure, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 6th October 1913: Judge Ellis Protests Reckless Auto Drivers, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 7th October 1913: Dorsey And Stephens Busy In Valdosta, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 8th October 1913: Frank Hearing To Be Postponed Another Week, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 9th October 1913: Judge Roan Tells Solicitor He Will Postpone Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 10th October 1913: Roan Not To Resign Until After Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 11th October 1913: Dorsey And Stephens To Confer With Henslee, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 12th October 1913: Says He Stole For His Wife And Baby, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 13th October 1913: Frank Defense Arms To Back Fight On Henslee, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 14th October 1913: Henslee Gives Dorsey Material For Defense, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 15th October 1913: Further Delay Is Needed On Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 16th October 1913: Mounted Traffic Men Are Assigned To Duty, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 17th October 1913: Juror Johenning Ready For Defense, He Says, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 18th October 1913: Frank Hearing Wednesday Motion For A New Trial To Be Heard By Judge L. S. Roan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 19th October 1913: New Feature In Frank Case Perhaps Tomorrow, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 20th October 1913: J.c. Shirley, Marietta Street Furniture Dealer, Named By I. W. Fisher In Phagan Case, Laughs At Accusations, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 21st October 1913: Motion To Quash Indictment Gets Judges Approval, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 22nd October 1913: Little Progress In First Session On Frank Trial Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 23rd October 1913: Frank Jurors Like Scared Rabbits Jury Frightened Into Its Verdict, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 24th October 1913: Frank Motion Is Almost Ready For The Arguments Now, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 25th October 1913: Frank Case To Continue Monday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 26th October 1913: We Want A Trial, Not A New Trial, Says Atty. Arnold, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 27th October 1913: Dorsey Coerced Jury By Fear Of Mob Violence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 28th October 1913: Solicitor Dorsey Hammers Frank New Trial Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 29th October 1913: Frank New Trial Hearing To End This Afternoon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 30th October 1913: New Trial Motion Of Frank Will Be Ruled On Friday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 31st October 1913: Leo Franks Lawyers Prepare For Supreme Court Fight, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 1st November 1913: Judge Hill Discusses Appellate Court Work, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 2nd November 1913: Five Judges For New Municipal Court Selected, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 3rd November 1913: Judges Of New Court Are Named, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 4th November 1913: Two Negro Highwaymen Given 20 Years In Pen, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 5th November 1913: Bridge Party For Visitors, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 6th November 1913: Mrs. Crawford Wants Case To Be Tried Soon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 7th November 1913: Attorney Presents Alibi For Convicted Negro, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 8th November 1913: Court Asked To Enjoin Georgia Power Company, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 9th November 1913: Jim Conley Faces Trial On Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 10th November 1913: Supreme Court Refuses To Postpone Frank Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 11th November 1913: Jim Conleys Case May Be Reached Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 12th November 1913: Frank Arguments Will Be Heard December 15, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 13th November 1913: Judge Halts Trial Of Jim Conley As Dorsey Begins It, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 15th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 16th November 1913: Woman And Daughter Drugged And Robbed, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 17th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Legal Fight Is Waged Over Mothers Will, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 19th November 1913: Frank Trial Unfair, Jewish Rabbi Says In Scathing Speech, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 20th November 1913: Conley Trial Put Off At Request Of Dorsey, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 21st November 1913: Jim Conleys Lawyer Prepares To Demand Trial For His Client, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 22nd November 1913: Judge Broyles Explains Why He Fined Woman, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 23rd November 1913: Postpone Entertainment For Home For The Blind, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 24th November 1913: Chief Beavers Is Paid Tribute, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 25th November 1913: Men And Religion Bulletin No. 85, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 26th November 1913: Anti Leaders Quiz Chief On Blind Tiger Policy, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 27th November 1913: Old-fashioned Lawyer Has Departed Forever, Judge Pendleton Says, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 28th November 1913: Beautiful Luncheon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 29th November 1913: Horse Hauls Buggy Right Into Hardware Store After Fodder, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 30th November 1913: Tech Hi Boys Admire Atlantas Police Chief, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]