United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Smith, William (-1949)1915This folder contatins materials belonging to William Manning Smith, attorney at Leo Frank's trial who initially defended National Pencil Company custodian Jim Conley, then reversed his position in 1914 after concluding that his own client was the guilty party. Smith campaigned vigorously for Frank’s release during Frank's lifetime, and after the lynching, continued work to clear Frank’s name. Here are two handwritten notes or affidavits (the first most likely transcribed from the second, which is far less legible, and includes Smith's initials) that state "In the articles of death I believe in the innocence and good character of Leo M. Frank." A typewritten note titled "My moves for Conley" that described Smith's strategy to prepare both the jury and his client Jim Conley to sway the outcome of the Leo Frank trial.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/the William M. Smith Family PapersTrials (Murder)--GeorgiaFrank, Leo, 1884-1915--Trials, litigation, etc.False testimony--Law and legislationNational Pencil Company--EmployeesJews--Persecutions--Georgia--History--20th centuryLynching--Georgia--MariettaMass media and criminal justiceMurder in mass mediaJournalism--GeorgiaJournalism--United StatesSensationalism in journalism--GeorgiaSensationalism in journalism--Georgia--AtlantaSensationalism in journalism--United StatesAffidavitsAttorney and clientJustice, Administration ofWitnessesthe William M. Smith Family PapersText