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February 21, 1914
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, February 21, 1914 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.
Page 5 has a one column headline: "Jim Conley Case To Come Trial Week From Today" (see for the full report).
The complete issue in 14 pages, little margin wear 7 tear, otherwise good. Should be handled with care.
Category: The 20th Century
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