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The Mary Phagan murder case: Leo Frank...
The Mary Phagan murder case: Leo Frank...
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May 15, 1913
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, May 15, 1913
* Leo Frank pencil factory murder
* Mary Phagan murder case
* Best title to have in
The front page has one column heads: "VICTIM OF MURDER PREPARED TO DIE, BELIEVES DORSEY" "Identification Slip Carried by Mary Phagan in Her Pocketbook Causes Theory That the Victim Had Been Threatened With Violence", with the text beginning: "Either threatened with death or warned by some dread premonition of an untimely end, Mary Phagan is believed by Solicitor Dorsey to have prepared for her tragic fate by writing the identification slip discovered hidden in a compartment of the metal pocketbook which she carried daily..." with more (see), with the article continuing on age 6 as well.
This is the complete issue. It has a little spine chipping, a few small margin tears, a tear near the spine causing some loss but not close to the Mary Phagan article, but is otherwise in good condition for the period. Light browning and needs to handled with care. Terrific to have this report in an Atlanta newspaper, the city where the trial was held.
Note: The Leo Frank case has become well known in American history for several reasons, not the least of which being the several film and television depictions of the trial, but also because Frank was a Jewish-American businessman, his case turning the spotlight on antisemitism in the United States and led to the founding of the Anti-Defamation League. There was also the element of Frank being cast as a representative of Yankee capitalism, a rich northern Jew lording it over vulnerable working women in the South.
Leo Frank was the superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, convicted on Aug. 26, 1913 of the murder of one of the factory workers, 13 year-old Mary Phagan. He would be found guilty and in 1915 sentenced to death, but the governor commuted the sentence to life imprisonment, to the great outrage of the citizenry. A mob of some 25 armed men kidnapped Frank from prison and hanged him.
Category: The 20th Century
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