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This is the eighteenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. The case revolves around the murder of Leo M. Frank, a factory superintendent who was accused of murdering Mary Phagan. A multitude of witnesses testified to his alibi, including Miss Helen Curran, Mrs. M. G. Michael, Mrs. A. B. Levy, Cohen Loeb, and Mrs. Rebecca Carson. Former employees of the factory also testified that they had never seen improper conduct on the part of Frank or anyone else connected with the factory. Frank's friends of the Selig family testified that he exhibited no signs of nervousness on the night of April 26, and that he was laboring under no extraordinary mental strain. On August 16, Mrs. Rae Frank took the stand in her son's behalf, identifying a letter addressed to his wealthy uncle, M. Frank, which formed another link in Frank's time alibi. The defense called 100 more witnesses to testify about Frank's good character, most of whom were girls employed on the fourth floor of the pencil factory. Mrs. E. H. Carson testified that Frank's character was good and that she had never heard a word of criticism against him about the factory. Many other women employees of the factory testified that their character was beyond reproach. Attorney Arnold asked them if they had ever met Leo M. Frank for an immoral purpose, and every answer was emphatically negative. One woman became so perturbed that she declared she would die for her superior. Miss Irene Jackson was called by the defense as a character witness, but the prosecution drew from her startling testimony. Harlee Branch, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal, was called to tell of an interview with Conley when he was confined to the county jail. Conley denied several weeks after the murder seeing Lemmie Quinn enter the factory on April 26. Nearly everyone of the employees connected with the factory said that Conley had a bad character and that they would not believe him on oath. Hear about the defense team in this audio recording bring about eyewitnesses accounts and testimony as well as letters advocating for Leo Frank's high moral aptitude and character who never indulged in sexual misconduct with any of his female employees and the only other suspect remaining and capable of doing such a dastardly crime would be the janitor Jim Conley. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the seventeenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. On Wednesday, the fifteenth day of the trial, Frank's character regarding his alleged sexual misdemeanor was put in issue, defied by the state to produce witnesses who would put a blot on his character. Judge Roan reversed his ruling striking from Conley's testimony regarding his boss engaging in sexual perversion and having watched for Frank on previous occasions. Solicitor Dorsey was applauded at his victory, but Attorney Arnold made a motion to clear the court room, which was overruled. Judge Roan held that all of Conley's testimony would remain in the records, giving Solicitor Dorsey the opportunity to bring in witnesses to corroborate this part of the negro's story. C. B. Dalton, a carpenter, admitted going to the factory with Daisy Hopkins and swore to have seen women in Frank's private office. The defense immediately opened their case, focusing on Dr. Harris' testimony, Dr. Leroy Childs, Harry Scott, Pinkerton detective, and George Epps. On Friday, the eighth day of the trial, Daisy Hopkins contradicted the testimony of Dalton and James Conley, and introduced a cardboard model of the pencil factory to illustrate the testimony of witnesses. The defense also introduced blue prints of every floor of the pencil factory and used experts to refute incriminating testimony given by the state. The second week of the trial closed with Herbert Schiff, Frank's young office assistant, on the witness stand. He declared that it was Frank's custom to make out the financial statement every Saturday afternoon and that the work could not have been completed in less than two to three hours. On Monday, August 11th, the defense renewed their attack on Dr. Harris' testimony, introducing several witnesses who swore they would not believe C. B. Dalton on oath. Hear about the testimonies of the alibis and eye witnesses such as college professors, coworkers and former classmates as they are brought before the judge and jurors by Leo Frank's legal defense team to affirm and swear by the defendant's great moral character and virtue. Two former classmates at Cornell, now of Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the sixteenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. On August 4th, the second week of the trial began with James Conley, a negro sweeper who connected Frank directly with the crime. The public waited anxiously for Conley to take the stand, and a crowd larger than any previous one sat in line to await the opening of the doors. Judge L.S. Roan announced that all women present would have to leave, introducing sensational charges of perversion and misconduct among the factory girls. Conley told glibly his story of carrying the dead girl's body to the basement at the direction of Superintendent Frank and claiming to have caught Frank in a compromising attitude with a woman in his office at the factory. He also claimed to have watched at the front door of the building while Frank kept clandestine appointments with women on the second floor. On Friday afternoon, Conley revealed that Frank had instructed him to return to the factory Saturday morning. He and Conley met at the door and had conversations with Frank about the lock on the front door and the possibility of a young lady up there. Conley continued his narration of the events on the morning of April 26 and recounted the conversation with Frank. The negro, Conley, was involved in a robbery where he was robbed by Mr. Darley. He was beaten by Darley and told not to let him see him. Conley saw Lemmie Quinn, Mary Phagan, and Monteen Stover enter the building, but Mary never came down. She stayed upstairs for a while, then returned down. He heard tiptoes coming from the metal department and stomped over his head. He then locked the door and sat on a box. The negro then heard Mr. Frank stomping over his head, and he locked the door. The negro then asked what happened. Tune in to listen to further cross-examinations between the defense and other witnesses and potential suspects such as Jim Conley. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the fifteenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. Solicitor Dorsey began to build a chain of circumstantial evidence around the prisoner, Frank. R. P. Barrett, a machinist in the metal room where Mary Phagan was employed, testified of finding blood spots near the water cooler and hair wrapped around a lathe handle several feet away. He said that the spots were smeared over with hascolene, an eyelet machine substance. Barrett was later corroborated by James Conley, who said he dropped the body of the little girl on the spot where blood was found when he carried her from the second floor to the basement at Frank's direction. Barett also told of finding a portion of a pay envelope on the floor on the Monday morning after the murder. Sergeant L. S. Dobbs, one of the party leading to the dead girl's side on the morning of the discovery of the body, testified of the marks of dragging on the basement floor. The defense sought to show that the distinct track did not begin at the elevator but a few feet away at the foot of the ladded leading from the scuttle hole in the first floor. City Detective J. N. Starnes, the formal prosecutor of the case, testified to many important facts regarding the investigation of the city police. Frequent wrangles marked the first few days of the case, with legal points constantly under debate and the jury being excused multiple times during the first week and later in the trial. Detective John Black occupied the stand several hours, and was subjected to criticism and ridicule by Attorney Rosser. Through him, Solicitor Dorsey brought out the fact that the finding of the bloody club and supposed spots on the floor near the scuttle hole leading to the basement had never been reported to the police by the Pinkerton agency, although the information had been placed in the hands of the defense attorneys. Continue on listening to the grueling duel between the State and the Defense where each side cross-examines the other side over minute details and trivial facts till the very end. The arguments going back and forth make great drama to quantify a whole Law and Order season. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the fourteenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. n Monday, July 28, a crowd began to gather in front of the court house for the famous trial of a man accused of murdering a girl. The courthouse was filled with people, and the atmosphere was kept cool by electric fans and ozonators. Only talesmen, attorneys, newspaper men, intimate friends of the prisoner, and a few spectators were admitted. Over one hundred witnesses summoned by the state were assigned to a court room on the second floor to wait until they were called to testify. Frank was brought from his cell in the Fulton county jail and met with his mother and other relatives. He appeared glad that his long wait in jail was over and expected an acquittal. He was led into the courtroom and chose a seat directly in front of the judge's rostrum. Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, Reuben R. Arnold, and Herbert Haas arrived, followed by a dozen assistants carrying documents and books of law. Judge L. S. Roan mounted the bench, and the hubbub in the audience ceased. A hush fell over the room as the famous trial began. The clerk of court began calling the names of the veniremen, and eight panels of twelve each were organized from the 144 talesmen summoned. Three of the list did not answer, and L. Stanford, the third witness who did not answer, received a subpoena to appear in court Tuesday. The defense called the names of the witnesses, and at 10:40 o'clock, the first panel was called into court for examination. Solicitor Dorsey asked the usual formal questions of each witness, such as whether they were related by blood or marriage to the defendant, had any prejudice or bias, and were conscientiously opposed to capital punishment. In this audio recording one can hear the names of all of the jurors, the witnesses for the state, and also those brought by the defendant as well as the strenuous cross-examination that each of them all underwent. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the thirteenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. In June, both sides began preparations for Frank's trial, which was expected to be the South's greatest legal battle. Solicitor General Dorsey retained Frank A. Hooper to assist him in the prosecution, while Reuben R. Arnold was retained as the defense attorney. The trial was originally set for July 28th, but Judge L. S. Roan suggested postponing the case due to a promise from Mrs. Roan to go to the seashore with Mrs. Roan during the first week in July. The defense theory was that Conley had killed the girl on the first floor and chucked her down the scuttle hole. On May 10th, L. P. McWorth and Whitefield, two Pinkerton operatives, found a pay envelope bearing the name Mary Phagan and parts of two numerals on the first floor near the point where Jim Conley claimed he sat and waited for Frank's call. The discovery was made during Harry Scott's absence from the city, but not to the city police. Fingerprint experts examined the pay envelope but were unable to find any trace of a finger print on it. The bludgeon was also discovered near the place where Conley admitted lying in wait. Chief Lanford criticized H.B. Pierce, superintendent of the Pinkerton agency, for not acquainting city officials of the alleged find. W. H. Mincey, an insurance agent and school teacher, made an affidavit to the defense that Conley confessed to him that he had murdered a girl that morning. Dorsey was "loaded for him" and had twenty-five witnesses who would try to impeach him. An incident occurred where six so-called experts were ready to go on the witness stand and swear that Frank, not Conley, had written both notes. Discover the knitty gritty details of what took place and potential perjury on part of key members of Frank's defense team (Pinkerton cops). Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the twelfth Chapter in the 22-part series on the 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. Jim Conley, a black man, was accused of the Mary Phagan murder and was accused by the detectives of being prejudiced against the Jew. Dorsey, the solicitor general, remained calm and quiet under the criticisms, blocking the efforts to indict Conley for the crime. The grand jury, which had indicted Frank for the murder, sought to indict Conley for the same crime. However, Dorsey stood firm, blocking the efforts to indict Conley. Several of the grand jurors were determined to indict Conley, but Dorsey continued his protests, promising that if he remained solicitor general, Frank would go to trial before Conley. The feeling over the matter was so bitter that one member of the grand jury resigned from the body, declaring it prejudiced. Before Frank came to trial, another grand jury was empaneled, and W. D. Beattie, its foreman, called a meeting to consider the Conley matter. An incident intensified the hatred of the Frank sympathizers for Dorsey. He heard that Albert McKnight, husband of Mineola, cook for the Selig family, had sensational evidence in her possession relative to the actions of Frank at home and statements alleged to have been made by members of his family. Detectives Starnes and Campbell questioned the solicitor general about incarcerating her until they were satisfied that either she or her husband was lying. The solicitor general decided to lock up Mineola, who was screaming and fighting in hysteria. She was eventually led to a waiting patrol wagon from Dorsey's office, where she made an affidavit in the presence of Attorney George Gordon. In summary, the case of Frank and the subsequent controversy surrounding his innocence led to the conviction of Conley and the subsequent trial of Frank through an indictment. Hear about how all efforts were made by others in the Jewish community from indicting Frank and sending him to trial. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the eleventh Chapter in the 22-part series on the 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. Conley's case was a fruitful one, with the defense of Frank claiming that it was not a third degree but a school where detectives were the instructors. Conley made another affidavit on May 27th, admitting to writing notes and visiting Mr. Frank at the factory. He also mentioned that Frank had wealthy relatives in Brooklyn and that he did not know that Frank came to Atlanta from New York City. The detectives were satisfied with Conley's second statement, but the negro claimed he had told everything, even though he realized it might involve him criminally. Conley added that the day after the murder, Mr. Frank and him went back to the pencil factory, where they found a girl who had fallen and hit her head against something. They carried her to the elevator, and Mr. Frank helped her up the stairs. They then took her to the basement, where they took her clothes, hat, and shoes, and threw them on the trash pile. Conley laid the girl's body down with her head towards the elevator, lying on her stomach. Mr. Frank then jumped off the elevator and made a stumble, hitting the floor and catching with both hands. He went to the sink to wash his hands, and the negro waited for Mr. Frank to come back from the office. He then went back into the stenographer's office and told Conley to go to Emma Clark and Corinthia Hall. Conley was slow about going, but Mr. Frank kept him in the wardrobe until he left. Conley and Mr. Frank sat down in a chair, discussing their experiences and the tension between them. The negro's third affidavit revealed that he helped dispose of the body and that his job was not as tiresome as Conley's. Hear about how the janitor was then deceived and seduced into writing the fake notes that were then to be placed on the girl's body. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the nineth Chapter in the 22-part series on the 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. The trial of Leo Frank, a man accused of murdering Mary Phagan, was marked by the words "persecution and prejudice." Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey hired private detectives to investigate the case, believing that Frank was guilty. However, city detectives were also open to conviction, even if it pointed away from Frank. Frank and Newt Lee were committed to the tower as suspects, but rumors of a young girl meeting Mary Phagan and receiving a pay check from Frank continued. Colonel Thomas B. Felder, an Atlanta attorney and former friend of Governor Cole Blease, announced that he had been employed by citizens of Bellwood to find and prosecute the girl's murderer. Felder claimed that a vast corruption fund had been raised to save Frank, guilty or innocent. The Pinkerton operatives, employed by the pencil company, were accused of double crossing the city police to learn their secrets and report them to the attorneys for Frank's defense. City detectives were suspicious of the Bums people and had every Burns operative shadowed. The suspicions of the city detectives culminated in the dictographing of Col. Felder by agents in the employ of Chief Lanford. Chief Lanford charged that Felder had sought to bribe G. C. February, his stenographer, to steal certain affidavits and papers in the Phagan case. The deal was negotiated through A. S. Colyar, an adventurer formerly from Tennessee, who had known Felder during the dispensary graft probe. The grand jury's investigation of the sensational dictograph incident indicted Felder for libeling Lanford and Lanford for libeling Felder in their several published attacks on each other. While the Felder-Lanford controversy had little to do with the Phagan murder mystery, it served to intensify public interest in the crime and make rumors that "unseen hands" were at work harder to down. Learn more about how complicated the procedure was in getting Frank indicted by a grand jury (consisting of five Jews) for the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the tenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. In the grand jury's consideration of Frank's indictment, a new figure, James Conley, entered the case. Conley was arrested during the coroner's inquest and had been seen washing a shirt. The police believed him to be washing Mary Phagan's blood, but Conley denied any involvement. Detective Harry Scott asked Conley to write sentences for him, but he refused, claiming he could not write. The detectives initially ignored Conley's statements, believing he had nothing to do with the crime. However, upon discovering a contract to pay installments on a watch signed by Conley, they began giving him the third degree of deception. Conley admitted to lying about not knowing how to write but swore that he knew nothing about the crime. On May 23, Conley sent Detective John Black to tell the whole truth, claiming he wrote notes to his mother in Brooklyn and promised her a job. Black and Scott then rushed to the solicitor's office to present the case to the grand jury. Dorsey, confident that there was enough evidence without the negro to secure Frank's indictment, refused to put Conley on the witness stand. However, an extra Journal announced the startling news that the grand jury could get an indictment of Frank without the negro's story. Dorsey held a conference with the negro and the detectives, and a stenographic report of the conversation was made. Conley stuck to his story, but the detectives pointed out that it showed premeditation on the part of Frank. Conley swore repeatedly that he would never change his story, and the detective eventually believed he was right. Hear more about James Conley sworn statement under oath and how he was coerced and bribed into making false notes that would implicate Newt Lee in the murder. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the eighth Chapter in the 22-part series on the 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. The Fulton county grand jury was sworn in by Judge W. D. Ellis, emphasizing the need for immediate attention to the Mary Phagan case. The judge called for a thorough investigation and prompt trial of the guilty party. Leo M. Frank, the first witness, testified about his duties as general superintendent at the National Pencil company. He recounted his experience at the factory, where he worked until noon on a holiday. Frank did not know Mary Phagan's number but did not see her pay envelope after giving it to her. He also did not know the rate she was paid, as he did not open the sealed pay envelope. He made no entry on the payroll after giving the girl her envelope. Frank also mentioned that Lemmie Quinn, a foreman in the tip department, entered his office five or ten minutes after Mary Phagan left. He then went up to the fourth floor to find Harry Denham, Arthur White, and Mrs. White, two employees of the factory. He returned home and found them working on the third floor. Frank spent the rest of the afternoon working on the financial sheet. He spoke with Lee at the police station on the Monday following the murder and was told to interview the black man to get a confession. Frank told the watchman that they knew he knew something and could swing them both if he didn't tell. In summary, the Mary Phagan case demands immediate attention from the Fulton county grand jury and officers of the law. The investigation into the murder of Mary Phagan is ongoing, with the hope of finding a guilty party. Listen to more testimonies from eye-witnesses, friends, co-workers, professionals, and others regarding the character, demeanor, location of Leo Frank on the days preceding the murder and during the immediate aftermath of when the incident was alleged to have taken place. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the seventh Chapter in the 22-part series on the 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. After extensive interviews with Frank and Newt Lee at the police station on Tuesday night, the coroner's inquest got underway on Wednesday morning. Numerous witnesses, among them factory girls, showed up at the police station to give statements for the inquest. Constables W.F. Anderson and Brown spoke first when they testified and described how they learned of the murder and how, on that terrifying Saturday night, they discovered the body. Mr. Anderson described the basement as a long, narrow space bounded by rock walls. It featured an elevator shaft close to the front, a boiler in the center on the right, and an opening partition on the left that looked like a junk room. I clarified that a restroom was available. The left side is behind the door and the girl's body, and the right side is behind the cauldron. Brown went with Anderson to the witness stand and gave a highly unfavorable testimony against Newt Lee. Unless you were within a few feet of the body, he said, it was impossible to tell that it belonged to a white girl. Brown stated in her deposition that at approximately eleven o'clock in the evening, Mary Phagan's clothes, including a purple dress with white trimmings, shoes, and gunmetal-black slippers, were discovered piled up on her chair by 4:45 a.m. time. Taking the stand, Newt Lee stated in his testimony that he had arrived at the factory at 4:00 a.m. me. Then he departed as instructed by Frank. He stated in his testimony that he discovered it face up, despite what detectives and police claim to be the case. A. particular J.Q. Spear of Cartersville observed a girl and a man on a Saturday afternoon outside a pencil factory; they appeared both nervous and excited. The girl was spotted at P. occurs on Sunday. It was the same as Chapel of J. Bloomerfield, according to Newt Lee's testimony. In her testimony, Mary Phagan said to George Epps, a young newsboy who had driven into town with her, that Mr. Frank had looked at her and seemed suspicious. Late on Saturday night, E.L. Sentell stated in his testimony that he had seen Mullinax with a girl he thought was Mary Phagan. On the second floor, R.P. Barrett stated in his testimony that he discovered bloodstains close to Mary's machine. Taking the stand, Gant repeated the narrative he had given the detectives earlier. J.W. Coleman described in her testimony the terror that she and her mother experienced the night of Leo M. Frank's murder. The note discovered on the girl's corpse, according to assistant bank teller Barry of the Fourth National Bank, was written in the same handwriting as multiple other notes penned by detectives at police headquarters and black nightguard Newt Lee claimed. In order to work toward unraveling the mystery surrounding Mary Phagan's death, the inquest was rescheduled for this coming Thursday. They came to the conclusion that Mary had never left the factory and had only occasionally visited it on Saturday afternoons to pick up her pay. We looked into and found to be unfounded the claims that Mary was seen in the middle of the night with Mullinax and girls who fit her description. Pearl Robinson, not Mary Phagan with Mullinax, was seen, according to E.L. Sentell's confirmation. Other witnesses who claimed to have seen the girl on Saturday afternoon also came forward with the possibility that their accounts of what they saw was inaccurate. Authorities have arrived at the tenable hypothesis that Mary Phagan never survived her ordeal at the pencil factory. The inquest was put on hold while Gant and Mullinax were taken out of custody on Thursday afternoon. The Donahue coroner announced that the girl's autopsy has been rescheduled for Monday. In anticipation of a Police Headquarters investigation, Newt Lee and Leo Frank, the two suspects, were moved to Fulton County Tower. With the exception of Frank's name being read to the Fulton County, Georgia jailer, the coroner's warrant that led them to the Tower was the same in both cases. It appeared clear that detectives had the answer to the mystery once the two men in the tower and two other previous suspects were freed on Thursday. However, at two in the morning, James Jim Conley, a black cleaner employed at a pencil factory, was taken into custody. me. At twilight. me. He and Snowball, the elevator boy, were taken into custody at the Police Headquarters factory on Thursday. Newspapers at the time only ran a single paragraph regarding Conley's arrest, and it was not widely reported. Investigators made their sixth arrest in the Phagan murder case at one in the morning. .. Thursday at midnight, James Conley, a black janitor working at the National Pencil Factory, was observed using the building's back faucet to clean his shirts. He said that the stains on his shirt were from rust and that he had washed it in preparation for his court appearance to answer to a summons for questioning. The police take his testimony seriously, and theories and leads are flooding the detective agency. In order to remove the suspicion that hung over the well-known young superintendent, many of Frank's friends personally worked on the case. The detective agency is inundated with theories regarding Mary Phagan's cause of death and potential legal avenues for bringing her killers to justice. The agency has received hundreds of letters from the state and six other states offering advice and theories, and people have been calling the authorities to tell them how to proceed. The two women's murderous dream and the murderer's specifics are the most significant details in this work. As Frank and Blacks condemned him, Frank's friends rushed to his defense. Joseph M. Brown told Lieutenant General J. Van Holt Nash on Thursday night that he should stay in contact with the Georgia National Guard attached to the 5th Regiment so that the unit is prepared to act in case of emergency. Officials from the city, county, and even the state are now paying great attention to this. Governor Brown gave Lieutenant additional advice. In order to keep the 5th Georgia Regiment prepared for action in case of an emergency, General J. Van Holt Nash should stay in contact with the Georgia National Guard. In order to prevent signs of civil unrest, the governor issued a warning to police and prison officials. General E. A. E. Frank and Lee were inside the prison tower when Pomeroy, the 5th Regiment commander, gathered his men in the Auditorium Armory. He kept them there until late at night, at eleven o'clock. The soldiers were released to head back to their residences at 3:30 pm. Until the coroner's jury reconvened on Thursday and continued until Monday morning, the unfounded rumors of mob violence were dispelled. On Saturday night, the militia was once more instructed to remain on standby in case trouble arose. A joint effort by state and local law enforcement to solve the case resulted from a meeting between Chief Detective Rumford and Coroner Paul Donoghue, which called more witnesses to the investigation. All through Saturday, there were rumors going around the city that one of the two detainees in the tower had confessed. The authorities fiercely denied these rumors, but they turned out to be completely false. The state as a whole, as well as elite county, city, state, and outside agencies, were working on the case during the first week following the discovery of Mary Phagan's body. There were two suspects inside the tower. Anticipating the coroner's investigation, I was excited to respond. 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This is the fifth Chapter in the 22-part series on the Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery. The murder of Mary Phagan in the basement of the National Pencil factory in Atlanta was a sensation that lasted for months and became the most famous case in Georgia's criminal annals. The public was filled with rumors, many of which claimed would lead to the discovery of the murderer. Arthur Mullinax, a former streetcar conductor and alleged friend of the dead girl's, was arrested on the statement of E.L. Sentell, an employee of the C.J. Kamper grocery company. Mullinax was easily apprehended by the police and positively identified as the man he saw with Mary Phagan right before the murder. J.M. Gantt, another suspect, was arrested at Marietta and was known to have been acquainted with Mary Phagan. He had been at the factory Saturday afternoon and had previously worked there. Gantt sought to get out of jail by applying for a writ of habeas corpus but was released before it could be acted on. Mullinax was released largely due to the testimony of his fiance, Pearl Robinson, who came forward and said she was the girl seen with him by Sentell. The rumors surrounding Gantt and Mullinax were just two of many that the police had to run down, explore, or confirm during the days following the murder. Rumors of a girl being kidnapped in an automobile and drugged led to the arrest of Paul Bowen, a former Atlanta boy who knew Mary Phagan. Bowen succeeded in providing an alibi on May 7, the day after his arrest without having to make the long trip back to Atlanta. On April 28, the coroner's jury met with Coroner Paul Donahoo in the metal room of the Pencil factory, and blood spots on the floor led detectives to think that the Phagan girl was killed there and not in the basement, as initially supposed. Find out the reasons why many of the initial individuals like Arthur Mullinax, J.M. Gantt, and Paul Bowens, were apprehended and then ruled out from the list of potential suspects who had committed that heinous crime. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the sixth Chapter in the 22-part series on the 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'. Newt Lee was a night watchman on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory on a Sabbath morning in 1913. On April 29, Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the National Pencil factory, was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Mary Phagan. He was a slim, boyish-looking, frail, and delicate man who had been held in custody since 1884. Frank's story is told in his own words, which were spoken nearly four months later to the jury who decided his fate. Frank was taken into custody by police and held in a cell until the coroner's inquest. Speculation spread about Frank's connection to the case, with hundreds of his friends declaring him the guilty man. Factors such as Frank's admission that he was the last known to have seen Mary Phagan alive, his nervousness when Newt Lee and Gant arrived at the factory, and his nervousness when officers took him to the factory Sunday morning led to his arrest. Public sentiment reached its highest point since the discovery of the murder, with opinion divided between Newt Lee, the humble black pencil factory employee, and Leo Frank, the white man, the "boss" of the firm. Detectives from both city and Pinkerton forces searched the factory, homes of the suspects, and the entire city for clues. Blood spots near the elevator shaft confirmed the belief that Mary Phagan was murdered on that floor, and a bloody shirt was discovered in an ash barrel back of Newt Lee's cabin. Two rewards were offered for evidence leading to the discovery of Mary Phagan's murderer: $200 by the state and $1,000 by the city. The town was in turmoil on that night, with the official inquest of the coroner scheduled to begin the next day. Listen to what happens next as the authorities tried their best to soothe the sentiments of an angry public and calm things down while gathering evidence pointing to Leo Frank as the main suspected in the horrendous crime. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the first Chapter in the 22-part series on the Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery. Newt Lee was a night watchman on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory on a Sabbath morning in 1913. He has to make his rounds every half hour. Darkness envelops him from behind as he makes his way down the stairs to his first floor; the stairs are only faintly illuminated by a thin streak of light. The factory manager, Mr. Frank, has allowed him to relax for the most of the afternoon, but he intends to enjoy himself and return only at six. Newt murmurs to himself as he reaches the bottom of the stairs and starts swaying his lantern's light back and forth across the deserted ground floor. Newt Lee discovered the value of peaceful conversation and restful sleep after spending a lot of lonely nights like this one. As a night watchman, Newt's job is to look into the factory basement. Mr. Frank, who had been asked to go upstairs with Mr. Gantt to get his shoes, was rushing out the door, rubbing his hand nervously, and raising his voice when he found him. Examining the factory's first floor, which is quiet and dark, is Newt. A dim light came through the trapdoor he had opened above the opening in the channel. Burning, but becoming weaker, is the gas jet. Keep the lights on, says Newt; that's Mr. Frank's order. His lantern flickers, lighting the dim light of the basement as he carefully climbs his feet and anchors himself on each step. The ground is touched by his feet. One of the chapter's most important details is that Newt Lee finds himself in a basement in a situation that he has never been in before and a yellow lantern that flickers. He strained to hear another sound as his heart raced, but silence engulfed and held him, and the black man felt a sickening fear for the first time in his life. He attempted to laugh it off, but in the quiet, his voice sounded harsh and rigid. As the lantern flickered once more, Newt Lee took a step forward and then stumbled back. When he noticed something that looked like a dam of ice stopping the blood, he sobbed and leaped up the ladder. The object beside the boiler was not a joke or a holiday practical joke. And there on the ladder, Newt Lee cried. Listen to the shocking and traumatizing affect the sight had on Newt. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the second Chapter in the 22-part series on the Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery. Three police officers, including Newt Lee, were at the Atlanta police station at night. They were preparing for the morning rush and were greeted by the arrival of the police. The officers were greeted by a man named Boots Rogers, who had been brought in earlier that evening on charges of disorderly conduct. Officer W. T. Anderson, who was the first officer to arrive, called the police station and received a message from a black man who had found a dead girl in the basement of the National Pencil Factory. The officers, including Lee and Anderson, entered the factory and found the girl's body in a scuttle hole. The body was covered in blood and had a mutilated face. The officers examined the body, finding her hair in shreds, a blue ribbon tied to her foot, and a strand of cord cut deep into her flesh. The underskirt was ripped to shreds, and one stocking supporter was broken. Sergeant Brown gasped, realizing it was only a child. Dobbs, who had been making a minute investigation of the cellar floor, found two soiled pieces of yellow paper with rude letters scrawled across them. The officers read the letters, which revealed that the black man had done the crime himself. The officers were suspicious of the black man, and Anderson swung towards the watchman, flinging a rough hand on his shoulder. Anderson, who was shocked by the incident, accused the man who wrote he thought had written the letters of committing the crime. Newt Lee was taken into custody for the murder of Mary Ann Phagan and handcuffed to his wrists. The incident highlights the reality of police brutality and the need for vigilantes to protect innocent individuals. Hear about the harrowing and racist experience that Newt Lee had to endure from the police despite proclaiming his innocence and there being no definitive evidence linking him to the crime. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the third Chapter in the 22-part series on the Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery. On a still Sabbath morning, Leo Frank was taken to the station house to identify the dead child. Deputy Rogers told the officers that he knew a girl working at the pencil factory who could probably look at the murdered child and tell who she was. He returned with Miss Hicks and went to the morgue of P. J. Bloomfield, where the body had been taken. At 05:30 a.m., Detective Starnes called up Frank, the superintendent at his home, and told him that something had happened at the factory. The three of them got into Roger's car and rushed off toward town. On the way, Black asked Frank if he knew a girl named Mary Phagan, and the superintendent is said to have told him that he would look on the factory payroll and see. On the way to the factory, the three stopped at the undertakers and looked on the body of Mary Phagan. Hear what Frank's reaction at the sight of her mutilated corpse was like and how he initially became a suspect in the murder after the night watchman Newt Lee's arrest and custody. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

This is the fourth Chapter in the 22-part series on the Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery. Mary Phagan, a factory girl, was last seen alive on Memorial Day, a day she had spent working hard. She planned to go to town after dinner and watch the Confederate Veterans parade. She left her home and boarded a streetcar to the city, where she met George Epps, a newsboy she had always liked. Epps found her mother worried, as she had not met him as she had promised. Mary's stepfather, J. W. Coleman, went to town to find her, but never saw her face. He consoled her and suggested she might have gone to Marietta to visit her grandmother. On April 27, Mary's mother received news of her daughter, Helen Ferguson. She cried and wept, and the news was shared with the Phagan family. Mr. Coleman went to town to see the body of the girl, which was positively identified by an assistant. The largest crowds ever seen a dead body in Atlanta's history were present at the funeral, where thousands of people viewed the corpse. The body was laid to rest in Marietta, Georgia, on April 29. On May 7, the body was exhumed, and Dr. H.F. Harris of the state Board of Health examined the stomach and other vital organs. The results of the probe were kept a secret until the trial. Hear about the shock and reaction of the mother at the news of her daughter's death and other vivid details in this chapter of the story. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

Sequence of the events with regards to the crime are mentioned below: April 27 - The dead body of Mary Phagan is found in cellar of National Pencil production line at 03:00 am by Newt Lee, Negro night guard. Police hold Newt Lee. April 27 - Leo M Frank. Superintendent and Administrator of the pencil manufacturing plant, called from bed to see Mary Phagan's corpse. April 27 - Arthur Mullinax apprehended and in custody. April 28 - Blood splotches found in metal room on main floor lead police to accept the young lady was slaughtered there. April 28 - Coroner Donahue empanels jury for examination. He meets, sees the dead body and scene of where the crime took place and decides to adjourn. April 28 - J. M. Gantt, previous bookkeeper at the production line, arrested at Marietta. April 28 - Pinkerton's contracted by pencil manufacturing plant to discover slayer. April 29 - Frank taken from production line to police station. Chief Lanford reports he will be held until after the examination. April 29 - Specialists announce Newt Lee composed notes found by the dead girl's side. April 29 - Luther Z. Rosser declares he has been hired by Leo Frank and is at the scene when his client is interrogated in Chief Lansford's office. April 29 - Revelation of what is clearly a bloodstain close lift leads police to accept girl's body was dragged to the transport shaft and dropped to the cellar of the factory. April 30 - Frank and Lee closeted together an office of Chief of Criminologists Lanford, for an hour. April 30 - Coroner's jury reconvenes. Lee tells his story. May 1 - James Conley, Negro sweeper arrested whereas washing shirt and manufacturing plant considered insignificant at time. May 1 - Fulfilled with vindications, police free Gantt and Arthur Mullinax. May 1 - Frank and Lee taken to province imprison to be held until result of coroner's jury test. May 2 - Solicitor Simon Dorsey gets involved in the case. May 5 - Frank metnions all of his activities on the day of the incident. On the stand for three and a half hours, he narrates everything from his perspective. May 6 - Paul Bowen taken into custody in Houston, Texas. May 7 - Bowen discharged upon proving himself innocent with an alibi. May 8 - Leo Frank and Newt Lee requested held for amazing jury by coroner's jury. May 12 - Mrs. Frank the point visits her spouse for to begin with time since his imprisonment. May 17 - Colonel Thomas B. Felder declares that Burns criminologist is at work on the puzzle. May 21 - Dad Flack, Modern York unique mark master, makes examination result obscure. May 24 - Conley out of the blue makes startling confession in which he says he composed notes found close body at the instigation of Frank. May 24 - Frank prosecuted by amazing jury for kill. Lee held as fabric witness. May 26 - Burns authorities declared their examination ended. May 27 - Conley makes another thrilling sworn statement in which he says he made a difference by assisting Leo Frank in carrying Mary Phagan's body to the storm cellar. May 30 - Conley taken to pencil manufacturing plant and re-enacts a simulation of carrying the body to the cellar. He is then taken to tower. June 3 - Minolo McKnight makes outstanding sworn statement in which she says she caught Mrs. Frank tell of bizarre conduct on Frank's portion on the night of the kill. June 7 - Mrs. Frank scores specialist Dorsey announcing that the room in which Minola McKnight made her implicating sworn statement was a torment chamber. June 8 - Lawyer Rosser denounces Chief Lanford of deception in explore for slayer. June 23 - Specialist Simon Dorsey sets the trial for June 30. June 24 - Date of trial changed to July 28 at the conference between Predominant Court Judge Roan and Leo Frank's defense and the State of Georgia's indictment lawyers. July 9 - The public is told of a parcel of Mary Phagan's pay envelope being found at the foot of a flight of stairs walking distance from office by Pinkerton detectives analysts not too long after the murder. ⁣July 18 - A grand jury was convened to consider the charges against Conley by the presiding judge. July 21 - A grand jury agrees to drop the Conley case after hearing Solicitor Dorsey's testimony. July 22 - It was announced that a bloody stick had been found near where Conley was sitting on the day of the murder. July 28 - Frank's trial begins. August 25 - The case will go to a jury and a guilty verdict will be announced. August 26 - Leo Frank is sentenced to death on October 10th 1913 and his lawyers appeal for a new trial. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

Considered the greatest crime thriller of all time, in Atlanta and the South, is undoubtedly the well-known Leo M. Frank case. The story goes that when young Mary Phagan went to the National Pencil Factory to pick up her paycheck, she was brutally murdered. Despite its horrifying details, is understandably fascinating to any working man or woman. Everyone who hears of a crime mystery finds it fascinating. However, with Leo M. Frank, Mary Phagan's crime thriller lost its identity because it involves the prosecution of an elite Jew. A friendly little employee had died in a large factory under Frank's management. This was the Leo Frank case. Nothing in the South has aroused as much interest in a murder investigation as this one. This is not just the tale of a devout man sent to murder a young factory girl consumed by lust. It's not just a thriller about crimes. The significance of this case stems from his claim that he is a victim of persecution because he is Jewish. This is the story of a horrific crime, important occasions that transpired during the next four months, and, at the end, the remarkable trial story of two of the best criminal defense attorneys in the South going up against the astute minds of the Atlanta Attorney General for a month. was completed. Sadly, the media was too scared to include many of the fascinating stories surrounding the Frank case in their articles, so they were never published. The play ends with Frank being declared guilty by the Fulton Supreme Court. After the Atlanta County trial, the matter remained unresolved. This is because, in the event that the juvenile defendant is given a death sentence, he will likely be brought before a judge shortly after; however, it may take months or even years for his execution which there was a hold on. However, beginning the day of the verdict, the struggle for Frank's life turned into a convoluted legal battle. The real story ends with a trial and an explanation of all the important details by the author. Check out this and up and coming future audio recordings of "The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery" book including a page detailing the chronology of the crime and 22 chapters. Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

Perhaps the greatest crime thriller of all time in Atlanta and the South is the well-known Leo M. Frank case. According to the tale, young Mary Phagan was savagely murdered while picking up her paycheck at the National Pencil Factory. However terrifying its details are, it is understandable that any working person would find them intriguing. Everyone who hears about a crime mystery is intrigued. However, Mary Phagan's crime thriller lost its identity with Leo M. Frank because this particular case involves the prosecution of an elite Jew. The Frank case involved Frank, the supervisor of a sizable factory where a charming young worker had passed away. Nothing else in the South has generated as much interest in a murder investigation. This story involves more than just a decent man who is ordered to murder a young factory girl who is driven by lust. It goes beyond being merely a crime thriller. This argument is crucial because he claims to be a victim of persecution due to his Jewishness. The account of a horrifying crime, significant occurrences over the course of the next four months, and, finally, the great trial in which two of the South's top criminal defense attorneys squared off against the astute minds of the Atlanta Attorney General for a month. was concluded. However, a lot of the fascinating stories about the Frank case were never published because the media was afraid to mention them in their articles. The Fulton Supreme Court's conviction of Frank brings the play to a close. Following the Atlanta County trial, the matter was not resolved. This is due to the fact that the juvenile offender will be brought back before a judge shortly after being given a death sentence, and if he is to be hanged, it might take months or even years before that occurs. remain. On the day of the verdict, however, the struggle for Frank's life evolved into a protracted legal dispute. The author explains every significant detail in a trial that wraps up the actual story. Stay tuned to find out more about the book "The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery". Seeking Justice for Little Mary Phagan https://www.LittleMaryPhagan.com Please purchase the book, 'The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery by The Atlanta Publishing Company' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.

In Chapter 8 of the Leo Frank Case audiobook, Judge W.D. Ellis inducted the new Fulton County Grand jury, based in Atlanta had heard Frank's story before the coroner's jury reconvening. The judge emphasized the importance of prioritizing the Mary Phagan case and urged the jury to conduct a thorough investigation. The coroner's jury resumed its investigation into Mary Phagan's rape and murder, with Frank testifying for three and a half hours. Frank, who had lived in Brooklyn, New York, returned to the United States to work for the National Pencil Company, eventually becoming General Superintendent. He described his daily life at the factory, including overseeing material purchases, examining manufacturing expenses, and managing production. Frank claimed he was unaware of Mary Phagan's employee number and did not enter the payment on the payroll or any other document. The girl walked away, and Frank explained that the lack of metal supplies had prevented the Phagan child from working since Monday. The pay envelope contained $20, partially due to work done on Friday and Saturday of the previous week. More to come as more details in the Leo Frank case is released to the public in this episode.

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The Coroner's Inquest Begins After a protracted interview between Frank and Newt Lee that took place Tuesday night at the police station, the coroner's inquest got underway on Wednesday morning. According to detectives, the purpose of bringing the two suspects face-to-face was for Frank to try to get the black suspect to confess. Oh. In order to testify at the inquest, a large number of witnesses—including factory girls and many others—arrived at the police station early on Wednesday. At 9:10 am, the inquest kicked off. m. In the board of commissioners meeting room, behind closed doors. Deputy W. F. First witnesses to testify were Anderson and Officer Brown. They described in great detail how they learned about the murder and how they located the body that gruesome Saturday night. Officer Anderson described in his testimony how the body was torn apart and mutilated in the dim light of the cellar in a vivid and revolting manner. Unless the observers were within at least 15 feet of the body's location, it was impossible to tell that it belonged to a white girl. The witness claimed that he was present when someone picked up a note close to the body, and that he was able to identify it as the note written on the slip of yellow paper. Later, someone discovered a different note that he couldn't place. A pencil was discovered approximately 5 feet from the girl's body. A pad that the slip had apparently been torn from was nearby. He described the basement as being a long, narrow enclosure between rock walls with the elevator shaft near the front, a boiler on the right about halfway back, and a partition on the left closing in an enclosure that appeared to be a waste space. Beyond the boiler on the right, there was an open bathroom, followed by the girl's body on the left, and a door at the back. A close-by elevator housed the girl's left slipper. According to what he could see, she was not wearing a hat. She was wearing something dark, though he couldn't place exactly what it was. Along with Anderson, Officer Brown testified under oath that it was impossible to distinguish the body from that of a white girl unless one was very close to it. This testimony was extremely damaging to Newt Lee. The girl was white, he claimed, but he couldn't tell until he pulled down the stocking below the knee and saw the flesh. He described the body's horrifyingly filthy appearance and claimed that it could only have gotten so dirty and grimy by being dragged. He also described how they had attempted to call Frank in the early morning hours but had not been successful until several hours later. A dramatic incident happened during Brown's testimony. The jury was shown the little girl's clothes, which were arranged in a heap on a chair and included a one-piece purple dress with white trimmings and one shoe, a black gunmetal slipper. Mary Phagan's brother stood up from a chair in the corner, gasped in horror at the pitiful little pile, and bolted from the room with his hands over his head. At 11:45, a. m. Newt Lee stood up for himself. According to his testimony, he arrived at the factory at 4:00 and left when Frank instructed him to do so at 6:00. He related how anxious Frank was about Gantt visiting the factory, how early one evening Frank had called him on the phone to check on him, and how he had discovered the body. The body was face down, according to detectives and police, but Newt claimed in his testimony that he discovered it face up. Despite this, Newt swore he didn't touch the body. In response to the officers' claims that he was unable to identify the white girl. He claimed he could tell by the hair, which was always different between black and white women. J. was the final witness to speak before the jury was dismissed on Wednesday morning. Q. Spear of Cartersville, who swore he saw a man and a girl Saturday afternoon in front of the pencil factory, that they appeared nervous and excited, and that the girl was the same one he saw Sunday at P.J. Mary Phagan died Wednesday afternoon, according to Bloomfield's Chapel. The young newsboy who arrived in town with Mary Phagan in a car, George Epps, was the first witness to give a testimony. The claim that Mary had told him that Mr. Frank had winked at her and appeared suspicious was an intriguing part of his testimony. E. L. Sentell gave testimony about seeing Mullinax late on a Saturday night with a woman he thought was Mary Phagan. Another witness, a neighbor, claimed to have seen her around 5:00 a.m. near her house, and a third witness, who had previously told detectives he had seen Mary Phagan that day, appeared at the inquest to admit his error. Officers were able to persuade Sentell that he was unsure whether the girl he saw was Mary Phagan. A factory worker named R. P. Barrett testified that he discovered blood stains close to Mary's machine on the second floor, suggesting that she might have started her struggle for survival there rather than in the basement's pitch-black depths. When Gantt took the witness stand, he repeated the narrative he had previously given to the detectives. Mary Phagan's stepfather J. W. Coleman described how worried he and her mother were on the night of the murder in his testimony. One of the key witnesses at the hearing was Frank M. Barry, assistant cashier at the Fourth National Bank. He stated that, in his opinion, the notes found near the girl's body were written in the same hand as a number of other notes that the Negro watchman Newt Lee had written at police headquarters for the detectives. The inquest was then postponed until Thursday. The investigators had made one progress when the inquest ended at 06:00 on Wednesday afternoon. This was the point at which it was determined that the young child had never left the factory following her arrival there on Saturday afternoon to pick up her pay. Allegations that Mary had been seen at midnight with Mullinax and that girls matching her description had been seen at different times on Saturday afternoon in the area of the factory were each thoroughly investigated and found to be untrue. E l. CENTEL acknowledged that the woman he had seen with Mullinax was Pearl Robinson and not Mary Phagan. On Saturday afternoon, additional supposed witnesses who saw the young girl came forward to admit that they could have been mistaken. This undergrowth was removed. Officers were finally able to establish a solid basis for the theory that Mary Phagan never made it out of the pencil factory alive. Gantt and Mullinax were released from custody following their findings at the temporary adjournment of the inquest, which was only in session for a brief period of time on Thursday afternoon. 160 witnesses, the majority of whom were factory workers, had been called by Coroner Donahue, who swore them in at 4:30 p. m. announced that the investigation into the young girl's death would be delayed until the Monday after. The moment this news was released, a bigger sensation immediately followed. Up until the conclusion of the inquest at police headquarters, Newt Lee and Leo Frank were ordered to be relocated to the Fulton County Tower. The two suspects were reportedly taken to the Tower because there was substantial doubt about whether or not holding them on city warrants was legal given that both had been detained in connection with a state case rather than a city case. Except for the names franks, Read, Georgia, Fulton County, and the jailer of said county, the coroner's warrants used to transport the two men to the Tower were identical in every instance. Greetings. Leo M. Frank, who is suspected of killing Mary Phagan, must be taken into custody by you. You must also keep Leo M. Frank in your care while the coroner of that county conducts additional research into Mary Phagan's death. Under my hand and official signature, herein fail not given. May 1, 1913, has just begun. Coroner Paul Donahue signed. There seemed to be little doubt that in the persons of Frank and Newt Lee, the detectives had the key to the mystery after the two men in the Tower on Thursday and the release of two other ex-suspects. But there was still another man fighting the legal system, a man whose arrest at the time generated so little buzz that the newspapers devoted just one paragraph to it. The most shocking statement ever made up until the trial began was made by this man later, shocking the public. James Jim Conley was the man. At the pencil factory, a black sweeper. Conley was taken into custody at police headquarters along with the factory's Snowball elevator boy at 2:00 on Thursday afternoon on suspicion of a crime. The latter was never a key player in the case. The newspaper account of Conley's arrest at the time demonstrates the minimal interest it generated at the time. Detectives made the sixth arrest at 1:00 on Thursday in the Phagan murder case. James Conley, a black sweeper working at the National Pencil factory, was observed cleaning a shirt at a sink in the back of the structure. Detectives arrived and took the man into custody before he could finish his work after being called. On the man's shirt, there were some marks. He says they are rust stains. He will be detained by the police at least until a chemical test can conclusively determine whether or not blood was used to cause the stains. The black man informed the police that the shirt was the only one he owned and that he had washed it so he could wear it to the inquest he had been called to. Police currently accept his account, and tips and theories continue to pour into the detective's office. Many of Frank's friends were personally working on the case in an effort to dispel the suspicion that hung over the well-known young superintendent. He had a large circle of friends and was well-known in the community. He was the president of the local Hebrew group B'nai B'rit, a leader in the church and social work, a successful businessman with a college degree, amiable to talk to, and endowed with a certain amount of charisma and magnetism. Frank's friends enthusiastically rallied to his defense even at that early hour when only the most trivial of circumstances were used against him. The detectives' office was inundated with theories about how Mary Phagan died and how her murderer might be apprehended. People gave the officers instructions on how to proceed over the phone. Many of them visited the office in person, and the office also received hundreds of letters with advice and theories from this and twelve other states. Although most people signed their names, many of the letter writers used pseudonyms. Numerous criminologists had written letters offering to share their theories in exchange for payment. Several letters were sent by mystics and seers who had communicated with the dead and discovered the murderer's identity in this way. Two women who had nightmares about the murder were among the intriguing callers at police headquarters. Both claimed to have seen Mary Phagan engaged in a bloody struggle with the murderer. The ladies arrived close together, but their dreams weren't the same. They both accurately described the murderers from their dreams to the chief. While Frank's friends flocked to his defense, there was an equal amount of criticism directed at both him and the negro. Threats and mutterings started to permeate the atmosphere. The detectives then took Lee and Frank to the tower to demonstrate their conviction that, in the eyes of the general public, either one of them was the criminal. The atmosphere that Thursday night had reached a fever pitch and ugly things were predicted. Officials from the city, county, and even the state took extreme precautions out of fear for what might occur in the situation at the time. Joseph M. Brown, the governor, gave adjutant general in order to prepare the troops for an emergency, J. Van Holt Nash is to speak with the Fifth Regiment National Guard of Georgia officers. The governor also issued a warning to the police and jail administration to be alert for any indications of unrest among the populace. Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, took notice of the governor's warnings. By being in charge of the Fifth Regiment, gathered his soldiers at the Auditorium Armory, a few blocks from the tower housing Frank and Lee's prison, and kept them there until late at night. At 11:30 p. m. The soldiers were granted permission to go home. Although rumors and speculations continued to grip the city and the state, the rumors of mob violence had been disproven from Thursday until the coroner's jury reconvened again on Monday morning. The public's insatiable appetite for news persisted, and on Saturday night the militia was once more ordered to stand by in case trouble should arise. Legal counsel H. A lengthy meeting with Coroner Paul Donahue and Chief of Detectives Lanford was held by M. Dorsey on Saturday morning. It was reported that this meeting led to the calling of additional witnesses for the inquest and the unification of the city and state agencies involved in the investigation. The city was buzzing with rumors all day Saturday that one of the two prisoners in the tower had made a confession, rumors that the authorities vehemently denied and later proved to be completely untrue. Consequently, the first week after Mary Phagan's body was discovered came to a close with the best investigators from the county, city, state, and outside agencies working on the case, two suspects in the tower, and the entire state anticipating what the coroner's inquest might reveal when it resumed Monday afternoon at 2:00.

Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the National Pencil Factory, was taken to the police station early on Tuesday, April 29, and detained on suspicion in relation to Mary Phagan's slaying. He never regained his freedom after that day. He was a different suspect from the old mute Lee, the young giant Gantt, or the former conductor Arthur Mullinax. He was slim, boyish-looking, and a frail, delicate man. His own words, delivered nearly four months later to the jury that determined his fate, are the best way to understand who he was. He stated, "In the year 1884, on the 17th day of April, I was born in Paris, Texas.". My parents moved me to Brooklyn, New York, when I was three months old, and I stayed there until I moved south to Atlanta. I went to Brooklyn public schools and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, to prepare for college before settling down here. I enrolled in Cornell University's mechanical engineering program in the fall of 1902, where I studied for four years before earning my degree in June 1906. I then agreed to work for the B as a draftsman. F. High Park, Massachusetts-based Sturdivant Company. The National Meter Company of Brooklyn, New York hired me as a testing, engineer, and draftsman after I had been with this company for about six months. I then moved back home to Brooklyn. I stayed in this position up until about the middle of October 1907, when, at the invitation of a few Atlanta residents, I traveled down there to speak with them about starting and running a pencil factory that would be located there. After spending about two weeks here, I left again for New York, where I booked a ticket to Europe. Nine months later, I was still in Europe. During my trip abroad. I researched the pencil industry and oversaw the installation and testing of the equipment that had been contracted earlier. I came back to America for the first half of August 1908 and headed straight for Atlanta, which has been my home ever since. I got hitched in Atlanta. a female from Atlanta. Madame Lucille Selig. Mr. and Mrs. Dot E, my wife's parents-in-law, have hosted us for the majority of our married life. At 68 East Georgia Avenue, Selig. Tuesday morning, just before noon, Frank was arrested by the police while he was at the pencil factory. Within ten minutes, Frank, who was detained in a cell, was picked up by the car that had left the police station with Detective Harry Scott of the Pinkerton Agency and City Detective John Black. Officer in Charge of Police Newport A. Prior to the coroner's inquest's conclusion, Lanford declared that he would be detained. The most recent arrest's news spread quickly. There was much speculation regarding Frank's involvement in the case. Many of his friends came to his aid. Numerous people who had never seen him asserted that he must be the guilty party. By his own admission, Frank was the last person known to have seen Mary Phagan alive at the time he made the following damning points about what was known at the time. That he seemed apprehensive when Newt Lee arrived at the factory early in the afternoon, and that he did something new that night: he called Newt Lee on the phone. that he felt uneasy when Gantt arrived at the factory at 6:00 on Saturday afternoon. When officers took him to the factory on Sunday morning, he was uneasy. After his arrest, Frank's friends raised an uproar of outrage. They immediately hired Luther Z. One of Atlanta's top legal counsel is Rosser. While Frank was being questioned by detectives, Rosser immediately called the station, spoke with his client, and was there. Frank spoke at length with the Pinkerton investigator Harry Scott whom the factory officials had hired in addition to his attorney. The Tuesday before the inquest began, when four suspects were identified as the murder's perpetrators, saw the highest level of public sentiment since that time. Regarding the identity of the guilty man, opinions were evenly divided. Although the majority criticized either Leo Frank, the company's manager who was white, or Newt Lee, the black employee who was the most modest in the pencil factory. Suspicion against Gantts and Mullinax was already quickly fading. The factory, the residences of the suspects, and the entire city were all searched by detectives from the city and Pinkerton forces for leads.