1914 March 11 Atlanta Constitution 20 Pages Georgia

1914 March 11 Atlanta Constitution 20 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 BURNS TO RETURN BY NEXT FRIDAY AND MAKE REPORT World’s Greatest Detective Is Making Investigation of Frank’s Case in Several Northern Cities. HE VISITS OSBORNE, HANDWRITING EXPERT Burns Wires The Constitu- tion That He Is at Work on the Case, But Declines to Discuss Any of Details. Detective William J. Burns, America’s greatest sleuth, is at present engaged in investigating the Leo Frank case in New York and other cities. He will return to Atlanta either Friday or Saturday. The noted detective is said to be probing the case from angles that have only recently developed. Mystery surrounds whatever connections he hopes to establish between the Frank case and other cities, however. Burns has been in New York for the past five or six days after a short visit to Atlanta during which he conferred with friends of the convicted man and with officials of his Atlanta office. It is rumored that he is also inquiring into the association of William Osborne, the handwriting expert of New York, who was employed by the prosecution, but whose testimony was never used. It is not known what other cities besides New York are included in Burns’ investigation. He would give no infor