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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
1
Leo M. Frank testified four hours on Monday afternoon, calm and poised on the witness stand. He spoke clearly about his business, described troubling details, and defended his actions with explicit explanations while facing the jury.
United States faces an ultimatum from President Huerta demanding immediate recognition. Mexico signals severance of relations if not met, with Mescal City reporting that reply before midnight is demanded and that all relations may be cut. Details describe a tense diplomatic standoff and public statements.
Washington August 18 Administration officials pursued late tonight upon receipt of a press dispatch from Mexico City stating Provisional President Huerta had delivered an ultimatum demanding U S recognition of his government in Mexico. The dispatch came through the Associated Press via secretary Tumulty and described intentions of the Huerta administration.
New York August 18 Sundown to night marked the thirty sixth hour of Harry K Thaws freedom and the police of the United States and Canada had not picked up his trail. They seek him not as the slayer of Stanford White or escaped lunatic but on a warrant saved at Poughkeepsie today charging him with conspiring with the awe keeper Howard Barnum and the five men who managed the asylum delivery on such a technicality does New York state bas ts hope of bringing about the fugitives refnrm. Both factions of the double barreled government at Albany have promised rigid investigation and the exertion of every effort to bring about his capture. Thaws seclusion today and tonight and absolute Ott of the cloud o dust which swirled in the wake of the black wulen while bearing sun and his liberators from Matteawan Sunday morning nothing tangfuls had come except a aronic letter from Thiw himself assuring, his age mother in New York that he desired rest and would in due time join her at the Thaw country place Imhurst at Cressen Fenn Jn hed Continued on Page Three.
The Atlanta Constitution urges that drug clerks must know their trade to prevent disaster. It notes skilled workers, including druggists, readily respond to consultation want ads in the paper. Readers search for jobs or better posts and use want ads, the index on page 18 catalogued.
Dramatic courtroom climax as the prisoner testifies that he spoke the entire truth to the jury about the morning of the murder. The superintendent concedes nervous impact, while criticizing treatment by detectives and claiming officers would misquote him if he met Conley.
In four hours on the stand Leo M Frank details his actions on the fatal day, defends his innocence, criticizes detectives and the process, and describes Mary Phagan’s final office visit while his mother and wife weep nearby. He insists the Conley story is false and recounts the day’s financial papers and his nervousness.
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