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The Mary Phagan murder... Leo Frank case...
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May 17, 1913
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, May 17, 1913
* Leo Frank murder case
* Search for Mary Phagan murderer
* Best title to have in
This issue has one column heads at the top of the last column on the front page noting: "In Loop of Death Dorsey May Have Clue To Murderer" "Noose Found Knotted Around Neck of Mary Phagan Being Carfully Examined by Officers" "Burns Right-Hand man Now Probing Mystery" and more (see). The text begins: "In the Noose found knotted around the throat of Mary Phagan's lifeless body, Solicitor Dorsey and headquarters detectives aver they possess a valuable clue to the girl's murderer..." with more (see).
This is the complete issue. It has a little spine chipping and a few small margin tears, but is otherwise in good condition for the period. Light browning, 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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