Leo Frank is lynched and hanged...
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, Aug. 18, 1915 Two column of the front page, & carrying over to page 2 have much on the infamous case of Leo Frank, hanged by a mob in Georgia.
The case of Leo Frank is well-known in the annals of antisemitism in America. Frank was a lynching victim convicted in 1913 of the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, an employee in a factory in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was the superintendent. Frank's trial, conviction, and unsuccessful appeals attracted national attention. His kidnapping from prison and lynching became the focus of social, regional, political, and racial concerns, particularly regarding antisemitism. Modern researchers generally agree that Frank was wrongly convicted.
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