Detective Scott's Hunch Unlocks Conley Confession
In a dramatic Atlanta Phagan mystery piece, Detective Harry Scott follows a stubborn hunch to Jim Conley's handwriting and a contract, forcing a confession through pressure and cunning. The Pinkerton man and detective Black push Conley toward truth, revealing a complex web around Leo Frank and a pivotal trial.
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Harry Scott
THEIN
OAY 7
James Conley
Britt Craig
Jim Conley
Hal
Atlanta
Scott
Decatur Street
Peachtree
Lent
Mary Phagan
Centex
Liv
Jim
Conley
Couley
Pinkerton
Det
John Jack
Police Headquarters
Sech
Sence
Five Pointe
Panama
Tack
Fram
Solicitor General
Leo Frank
Black
End
Beavers
Cantey
Po‘Meu
Jack
Alex
Sang
Boss
Reeven
Felder-Sanford
Ghew
Frank
Detective Black
Tye
J Boss
Jin
Mr. Frank
Mister Black
Chief Sanford
Glarigg
Alhough
Phagan
France F. Price
Protexta
Uarry Scott
Pinkertons
John Black
Sinch
Atlanta Fireman Heroic Deaths Marked in 1908 Tragedies
The piece recalls the deaths of firefighter R. M. Fisher at Courtland and Gilmer streets on July 20, 1908, and J. J. Gillespie crushed by a collapsing ladder two weeks earlier on Whitehall and Trinity, with Chief Cummings later noting electrocution of Charles Dougherty at Washington and Glenn. It highlights community tribute and calls for updated apparatus, including automobile equipment in new stations at Inman Park and West End.
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Peters Street
R. M. Fisher
Courtland and
Gilmer Streets
Whitehall Street
Trinity Avenue
J. J. Gillespie
Gillespie
Lrave Gillespie
Department
Washington
Glenn Streets
Cummings
Charles Dougherty
Atlanta
Inman Park
West End
No. 14
A Big Man From the Country Builds a Southern Empire
Lindsey Hopkins, a farm boy from North Carolina, rises to prominence in Atlanta as a leading auto sales innovator. He rejects a $12,000 salary in 1908 to sell fifty cars, expands into banking, cotton, land, insurance, and oil, and pioneers aviation exhibitions while shaping southern industry.
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North
Carolna
Atlanta
Lindsey Houking
South
Lindsey Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Rockingham County
N. C
Tindser Hopkins
Eesjs
Greensboro
University of North Carolina
Land
Goml
Mier
Atlantic
Europe
Hop Ring
Carolinas
al Fairbrother
Paul Revere, Jr
Atlantic Refining Company
Reo Motor Cars
Cata Seles
Southern Gate
Hopkins
Heaven
North Carlina Insurance
South Georgia
Jamia
L. Seely
Peachtre Road
California
Curtis
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