Detective William J. Burns

Recent Posts

• Colyar Arrested Again on Knoxville Warrant November 29, 2016
• ‘I Know My Husband is Innocent,’ Asserts Wife of Leo M. Frank November 28, 2016
• Negro’s Affidavit Not Given Much Credence November 22, 2016
• Lanford and Felder Come Near Fighting November 21, 2016
• Mother Here to Aid Frank in Trial November 21, 2016
• Grand Jury Probe of Vice Conditions Finished Thursday November 18, 2016
• Jury Will Probe Dictagraph Row November 17, 2016
• Challenges Felder to Prove His Charge November 2, 2016
• “My Husband is Innocent,” Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank In First Public Statement November 2, 2016
• Frank Wanted Gun to Take His Life, Says Negro Cook October 29, 2016
• Cook Is Released on Signing Paper October 29, 2016
• Frank’s Cook Was Counted Upon as Defense Witness October 29, 2016
• L. M. Frank’s Trial Will Occur Week of June 30 October 26, 2016
• Fain Named in Vice Quiz as Resort Visitor October 26, 2016
• Felder Exonerates Beavers, But Says Lanford is Corrupt October 25, 2016
• Servant of Frank is Liberated After Long Examination October 24, 2016
• Cook’s Sensational Affidavit October 24, 2016
• Sensational Affidavit Made by Minola M’Knight, Negro Cook at Home of L. M. Frank October 24, 2016
• Vice List Wanted by Chief Beavers; Promises Probe October 23, 2016
• Bitter Fight Certain in Trial of Frank October 21, 2016
• Attorney Retained for Negro Servant at Frank’s Home October 21, 2016
• Leo Frank’s Cook Put Under Arrest October 20, 2016
• Felder Says He Will Lay Bare ‘Startling Police Graft Plans’ October 20, 2016
• Grand Jury Told of Vice Conditions October 19, 2016
• Grand Jury Calls for Thos. Felder and Police Heads October 13, 2016
• Negro Cook at Home Where Frank Lived Held by the Police October 13, 2016
• Grand Jury Ready to Investigate Charges October 13, 2016
• Beavers to Talk Over the Felder Row With Dorsey October 13, 2016
• Negro Girl is Arrested in Phagan Murder Case October 12, 2016
• 5 to Testify Frank Was at Home at Hour Negro Says He Aided October 12, 2016
• Frank Asked Room to Conceal Body Believes Lanford October 12, 2016
• Frank’s Defense is Outlined October 5, 2016
• Confession of Conley Makes No Changes in State’s Case October 4, 2016
• Today is Mary Phagan’s Birthday; Mother Tells of Party She Planned October 4, 2016
• Conley’s Story Cinches Case Against Frank, Says Lanford October 4, 2016
• Grand Jury Meeting Remains a Mystery October 3, 2016
• Dorsey’s Grill Fails to Make Conley Admit Hand in Killing October 3, 2016
• Conley’s Statement Analyzed From Two Different Angles September 28, 2016
• Conley is Unwittingly Friend of Frank, Says Old Police Reporter September 27, 2016
• Conley is Removed from Fulton Tower at His Own Request September 27, 2016
• 100 Reasons Leo Frank Is Guilty September 21, 2016
• Lanford Tells Why Conley Was Placed in Police Station September 20, 2016
• Special Session of Grand Jury Called September 20, 2016
• The 1955 Slaton Memorandum September 19, 2016
• Conley Star Actor in Dramatic Third Degree September 16, 2016
• Conley Tells Graphic Story of Disposal of the Dead Body September 16, 2016
• Grand Jury Called to Meet Tuesday in Special Session September 16, 2016
• Plan to Confront Conley and Frank for New Admission September 16, 2016
• Mary Phagan’s Murder Was Work of a Negro Declares Leo M. Frank September 15, 2016
• Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian September 15, 2016
• Conley’s Confession is Given in Full September 15, 2016
• But One Thing is Proved in Mary Phagan Mystery September 14, 2016
• Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body September 14, 2016
• Conley, Taken to Factory, Shows Where Girl Was Found—How They Put Body in Basement September 14, 2016
• Former Pencil Worker Outlines His Theory September 14, 2016
• Detectives Seek Corroboration of Conley’s Story September 13, 2016
• Conley Says He Helped Frank Carry Body of Mary Phagan to Pencil Factory Cellar September 13, 2016
• Ready to Indict Conley as an Accomplice September 13, 2016
• Negro Conley’s Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying September 12, 2016
• Conley Re-enacts in Plant Part He Says He Took in Slaying September 12, 2016
• Felder Bribery Charge Expected September 12, 2016
• Chief Asks Hutcheson for “Protected List” September 12, 2016
• Burns Joins in Hunt for Phagan Slayer September 5, 2016
• Governor Slaton’s Leo Frank Commutation Order: Full Text September 3, 2016
• Negro Sweeper Tells the Story of Murder Notes September 2, 2016
• A. S. Colyar Released From Bond on Thursday September 1, 2016
• Chief Beavers to Renew His Vice War September 1, 2016
• Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank September 1, 2016
• Conley Was in Factory on Day of Slaying August 31, 2016
• Carl Hutcheson Again Attacks Chief Beavers August 31, 2016
• Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying August 30, 2016
• Conley Tells in Detail of Writing Notes on Saturday at Dictation of Mr. Frank August 30, 2016
• Conley Reported to Admit Writing Notes Saturday August 30, 2016
• State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer August 29, 2016
• Burns Man Quits Case; Declares He Is Opposed August 29, 2016
• Felder Aide Offers Vice List to Chief August 29, 2016
• Chief James L. Beavers’ Reply to Mayor Woodward August 28, 2016
• Felder Barely Missed Being Trapped by His Own Dictograph August 27, 2016
• Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman August 27, 2016
• Burns Agency Quits the Phagan Case; Tobie Leaves Today August 27, 2016
• The Leo Frank Trial: Closing Arguments, Solicitor Dorsey August 26, 2016
• Col. Felder Ridicules Idea of Grand Jury Investigation of City Detectives’ Charges August 26, 2016
• Mason Blocks Attempt to Oust Chief August 25, 2016
• Pinkerton Man Says Frank is Guilty August 25, 2016
• Accuses Tobie of Kidnaping Attempt August 25, 2016
• Mayor Gives Out Sizzling Reply to Chief Beavers August 25, 2016
• The Leo Frank Trial: Closing Arguments of Hooper, Arnold, and Rosser August 24, 2016
• 100 Years Ago Today: Leo Frank Takes the Stand August 23, 2016
• Leo Frank Trial: Week Four August 22, 2016
• Evidence Against Frank Conclusive, Say Police August 19, 2016
• The Leo Frank Trial: Week Three August 18, 2016
• Five Good Men Say if Charges Are Untrue, Says A. S. Colyar to Col. Felder August 17, 2016
• “Thousands in Atlanta Living the Life of Mary Phagan’s Murderer”—Rev. W. W. Memminger August 17, 2016
• Mayor Eager to Bring Back Tenderloin, Declares Chief August 17, 2016
• Tobie Tried to Kidnap Incubator Baby, Says Topeka Police Official August 17, 2016
• Frank is Guilty, Says Pinkerton August 17, 2016
• Lay Bribery Effort to Frank’s Friends August 17, 2016
• “I Have No Proof of Bribery in Phagan Case,” Says Chief August 16, 2016
• New Witnesses in Phagan Case Found by Police August 16, 2016
• Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication August 16, 2016
• Thorough Probe of Charges Against Felder and Latter’s Charges Against Police Asked August 16, 2016
• Thomas Felder Brands the Charges of Bribery Diabolical Conspiracy August 15, 2016
• C. W. Tobie, Burns’ Agent, Tells of the Conferences He Held With A. S. Colyar August 15, 2016
• Here Is the Dictagraph Record of Woodward’s Conversation August 14, 2016
• Frank is Praised by John O. Parmele August 14, 2016
• Colyar Declared Criminal and Not Worthy of Belief in Four Sworn Statements August 14, 2016
• “Charge Framed Up by a Dirty Gang” August 13, 2016
• Felder’s Charges of Graft Rotten August 13, 2016
• Woodward Hoots at the Idea of “Plot” to Oust Beavers August 13, 2016
• Others Will Be Involved In New Bribery Charges Intimates Chief Lanford August 13, 2016
• “You Went to Williams House Like a Lamb to the Slaughter,” Colyar Tells Felder in Letter August 12, 2016
• Frank Indicted in Phagan Case August 12, 2016
• The Leo Frank Trial: Week Two August 12, 2016
• Here Are Affidavits Submitted by Col. Felder August 11, 2016
• Dorsey to Present Graft Charges if They Stand Up August 6, 2016
• Frank the Guilty Man, Declares Chief Lanford August 6, 2016
• “Lanford is the Controlling Genius of Conspiracy to Protect the Murderer of Little Mary Phagan” August 5, 2016
• The Leo Frank Trial: Week One August 5, 2016
• ‘Colyar Arrest Proper End to Plot of Crook’ August 4, 2016
• “Knew It Was Coming,” Declares Cole Blease August 4, 2016