1913 September 04 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1913 September 04 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

PDF PAGE 3, COLUMN 1 FRANK TRIAL BILLS ARE ORDERED PAID Lodging and Food for the Jury for 29 Days Cost $975.06 Bills arising from the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, the 13-year-old employee in the plant of the National Pencil company, of which the man convicted on August 25 was superintendent, are beginning to come into the county, and at the meeting of the board of commissioners Wednesday $975.06 was ordered paid for the expense of caring for the jury for twenty-nine days during which the trial lasted. The amount ordered paid Wednesday was in two bills. One from the Kimball house where the jurors lodged was $685.56, and the other was from the German Café where the jurors ate $289.50 worth of food. There are yet other bills to come to the county commissioners from the case, as they authorized Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey to expend a certain amount of money in getting up evidence, and much of this has not yet been formally presented to the board for payment. Another feature of the case arose at the Wednesday meeting where Attorneys Graham and Chappell, representing Newt Lee, the negro night watchman at the factory, who reported the finding of the body to