Monday, 28th April 1913 - Trio of Youngsters Observed Steering a Faltering Maiden [Unnamed Observers], Atlanta Georgian offers a crucial clue in the probe of 13-year-old Mary Phagan’s murder, her body found strangled on April 26, 1913, at the National Pencil Company. E. S. Skipper, residing at 224 1/2 Peters Street, informed Atlanta police on this Monday that around 10 p.m. Saturday, he witnessed three flashily dressed young men guiding a weeping, faltering girl matching Phagan’s description on Forsyth Street. He noted her possible drug-induced state and reluctance, countered by the men’s persistence, and trailed them from Pryor Street near Trinity Avenue to Whitehall, then toward Mitchell Street, before heading to Terminal Station, able to identify them. Adam Woodward, night watchman at 35 Forsyth Street, reported screams around 11 p.m., aligning with Skipper’s story and suggesting Phagan’s coercion. This Atlanta Georgian article, amid the Leo Frank case’s start, highlighted 1913 Atlanta’s racial and social unrest.
