1913 May 09 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1913 May 09 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 6 FRANK AND LEE ORDERED HELD BY CORONER’S JURY FOR MARY PHAGAN MURDER Sensational Statements Made at Inquest by Two Women, One of Whom Had Been an Em- ployee, Who Declared That Frank Had Been Guilty of Improper Conduct Toward His Feminine Employees and Had Made Pro- posals to Them in the Factory. EVIDENCE IN BAFFLING MYSTERY THUS FAR, IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL, IS ADMISSION MADE BY DETECTIVES Frank and Lee Both Go on Stand Again and Are Closely Questioned in Regard to New Lines of Evidence and Forced to Reiterate Testi- mony Formerly Made to Coroner's Jury. They Will Remain in Jail Pending Action of the Grand Jury. Leo. M. Frank, superintendent of the National Pencil factory, and Newt Lee, the negro night watchman, suspects in the Mary Phagan murder, were ordered by the coroner's jury to be held under charges of murder for further investigation by the Fulton grand jury. With this verdict the inquest closed at 6:28 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Frank and the negro will be held in the Tower until action is taken by the grand jury and solicitor general. The decision was reached within twenty minutes after the jury had retired. Although much important testimony was delivered