Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Trial Halts As Clanging Engines Run To Fire Nearby, The Atlanta Georgian

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Proceedings at the Frank trial were interrupted about 11 o'clock Saturday morning when the fire department was called to Pryor and Hunter streets. The clanging gongs drowned the voices of the attorneys and witnesses, and for a brief time nervousness prevailed in the fear that the fire was in the courthouse.

Sharp rapping by deputies restored order.

The fire proved to be nothing more than smoke issuing from a leaky flue on the second floor of the Brown Building at Pryor and Hunter streets.