1914 March 24 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

1914 March 24 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 5 ALLAN PINKERTON DEFENDS AGENCY IN FRANK PROBE Letter Follows an Attack Recently Made Upon Pri- vate Detectives by Detect- ive William J. Burns. Letter Follows an Attack Recently Made Upon Pri- vate Detectives by Detect- ive William J. Burns. LEHON TO TAKE CHARGE IN ABSENCE OF BURNS Reported That Extraordi- nary Motion for New Trial for Prisoner Will Be Filed This Week. Defending the connection of the Pinkerton detectives with the Frank case, a letter has been received by The Constitution from Allan Pinkerton, head of the noted organization, in which reply is made to Detective William J. Burns’ repeated attacks upon private detectives who were associated with the Phagan murder investigation. The letter states that the Pinkertons are not now connected with the case in any phase, and have had nothing to do with it since the trial and conviction of Leo Frank. The attacks of Burns, so far as they are intended to refer to the Pinkertons, are branded as “absolutely untrue.” The Pinkerton headquarters in New York, the letter reads, has been informed by officials of the Atlanta branch that “parties now on the case” contemplate making an “unjustified attack” through the