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Information on the 1913 bludgeoning, rape, strangulation and mutilation of Mary Phagan and the subsequent trial, appeals and mob lynching of Leo Frank in 1915.

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Jury of the Leo Frank Trial (July 28, 1913 to August 25, 1913)

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Chief Curator

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  • Georgia Magazine Interview with Steve Oney, Author of And the Dead Shall Rise
  • A Murder, A Lynching, A Mystery
  • About the Leo Frank Case Research Library Archive and the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery
    • Advertising Banners: Seeking Justice For Mary Phagan (1899 – 1913)
    • Aesthetics and Content Change Log
    • Chapters
    • Glossary
  • Art & Drama
    • Ballad of Mary Phagan and Leo Frank
    • Jason Robert Brown, Co-Creator of Parade the Leo Frank Musical
    • Jewish-Gentile Media Culture Wars: Videos, Films, Movies, Broadway Plays, Music, and Docudramas About or Based on the Leo Frank Conviction for the Murder of Mary Phagan
    • Leo Frank Documentary and Film Review: People v. Leo Frank, Directed by Ben Loeterman and Chief Consultant Steve Oney
    • Librettist, Alfred Uhry, Co-Author of the Internationally Acclaimed Leo Frank Musical, “Parade,” Speaks on the Murder of Mary Phagan, Trial and Lynching of Leo Max Frank
    • Parade: The Leo Frank Broadway Musical
    • TV Miniseries: The Murder of Mary Phagan
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  • Dramatis Personae
    • Biography of Lucille Selig Frank (1888 – 1957)
    • Jim Conley, the National Pencil Company Factory Sweeper (1911 to 1913), Leo Frank Alleged (Hearsay) Murder Confession Number One
    • Magnolia “Minola” McKnight, State’s Exhibit J, June 3, 1913, Leo Frank Admission Amounting to Alleged (Hearsay) Murder Confession Number 2
    • Mary Phagan: Mary Phagan-Kean (b. June 5, 1954), Namesake and Grandniece of Little Mary Phagan (June 1, 1899 – April 26, 1913)
    • The Alonzo Mann Affair
  • Future Development
    • Harry Golden
    • Historical Time Line
    • Mamet
    • Samuels
    • Table of Contents
  • Image Gallery of Leo Frank and Associated Principals
    • “Death” Notes, aka “Murder Notes”: Jim Conley Testified to Writing Them on Behalf of Leo M. Frank
    • 1200 Roswell Road
    • 1905 Images
    • 1908 Images
    • 1914 Images
    • 368 Lafayette Avenue
    • 9 Years Old Leo Frank
    • Abraham Foxman
    • Acquisitions
    • ADL :: Leo Frank is like the holocaust
    • ADL, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith
    • Adolph Ochs
    • Advertising Banners Leo Frank
    • Albert Lasker
    • Allan Pinkerton
    • Alonzo Mann
    • Alonzo Mann Newspaper
    • American Mercury
    • An Unspeakable Crime
    • Application For Clemency Leo Frank 1915
    • Atlanta
    • Atlanta Constitution Images
    • Atlanta Georgian Newspaper Images Large
    • Autopsy Mary Phagan
    • Burns
    • C. P. Connolly
    • Census Data Leo Frank
    • Clemency Application
    • Clemency Petition
    • Cuero, Texas
    • Documents Preview
    • Factory Diagrams of the National Pencil Company, 1913
    • Frank Arthur Hooper
    • Georgia Pardon March 11, 1986
    • Georgia Supreme Court Records 1
    • Georgia Supreme Court Records 2
    • Herbert Schiff
    • Hugh Dorsey
    • Image Gallery of the National Pencil Company Factory & Location in Atlanta, Georgia
    • James “Jim” Conley, aka James Connolly or Connally
    • John Slaton
    • Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, Presiding over the Leo Frank Trial
    • Jury of the Leo Frank Trial (July 28, 1913 to August 25, 1913)
    • Lemmie Quinn, Purjerer or Decisive Exonerating Witness for Leo Frank
    • Leo Frank Case
    • Leo Frank Defense Theory: Mary Phagan Murder by Jim Conley in the Basement
    • Leo Frank Defense Version of Mary Phagan Murder
    • Leo Frank Lynching Photos: The Leo Frank Lynch Party August 16 & 17, 1915, Marrieta, Cobb County, Georgia
    • Leonard Dinnerstein
    • Letter
    • Life and times of Leo Max Frank
    • Little Mary Anne Phagan (Thursday, June 1, 1899 – Saturday, April 26, 1913) and the Aftermath of Her Murder
    • Lucille Selig Frank
    • Luther Rosser
    • Lynching Site August 17, 1915, and Aftermath
    • McKnight
    • Milledgeville Prison
    • Miscellaneous
    • Mount Carmel Cemetery
    • Murder of Mary Phagan Miniseries
    • National Pencil Company Factory Recreated Scenes of the Leo Frank Defense Version of Mary Phagan Murder
    • New York Public Library
    • Newt Lee, National Pencil Company Factory Nightwatchman April 1st, 1913 to April 27, 1913
    • Pardon and Paroles
    • Prison Commission 1915
    • Rabbi David Marx
    • Reuben Arnold
    • State’s Exhibit B
    • Steve Oney
    • Tom Watson, Populist Politician, Author, Editor, Publisher, and Attorney
    • Various Pictures and Images Associated with Leo Max Frank
    • Watson’s Magazine Individual Images
  • Introduction to Leo Frank (1884 to 1915)
    • Leo Frank’s Family Background
    • Leo Max Frank Bibliography, Chronology, Citations, and References
    • Pratt Institute
    • The College Years of Leo Max Frank at His Alma Mater Cornell University 1902 to 1906 in Ithaca, New York, and Brief Employment Experiences
    • The High School Years of Leo Max Frank from 1898 to 1902 at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY
  • Leo Frank and Other Associated Principals in the Early Print Media of Newspapers and Magazines During the 20th Century, Including the Notable March 9, 1914, Atlanta Constitution, Leo Max Frank Jailhouse Interview Admission Amounting to Leo Frank Murder Confession Number Four.
    • Atlanta Constitution
    • Atlanta Georgian
    • Atlanta Journal
    • Jeffersonian Weekly
    • New York Times
  • Reactions
    • Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (known as ADL for short), founded October 20, 1913, Galvanized in Response to the August 25, Conviction of Leo Frank. ADL was the lead in getting Leo Frank posthumously pardoned in 1986, but they FAILED to get him exonerated of the crime.
    • Book Review: Steve Oney, ‘And The Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank’ (2003)
    • Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.
    • Donald E. Wilkes, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Reviews: Leonard Dinnerstein’s Book, ‘The Leo Frank Case’ (1968, 1987, 1999) and Steve Oney’s Book (2003) ‘And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and Lynching of Leo Frank.
    • Elaine Marie Alphin, An Unspeakable Crime, The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
    • Harrell Rhome on the Case of Mary Phagan and Leo Frank
    • Instauration, The Rehabilitation of Leo Frank, 1986
    • Leo Frank Was Framed According to Stephen J. Goldfarb, an Atlanta (Fulton County) Librarian
    • Leo Frank, Guilty or Not Guilty, Francis Xavier Busch, 1952
    • Leonard Dinnerstein
    • Leonard Dinnerstein, The Leo Frank Case PhD Dissertation, 1966, Leo Frank Case Book (1968 to 2008)
    • LiveLeak on the Leo Frank Case
    • Mystery of the Pencil Factory by Sidney Sutherland, 1929
    • Negro Perspective
    • Post Leo Frank Lynching Analysis by a Leo Frank Defender
    • Robert Seitz Frey (1955 – ) and Nancy C. Thompson
    • The “Truth” About The Leo Frank Case (1915) by C.P. Connolly
    • Wikipedia Biased on Behalf of Leo Frank
  • The Leo Frank Case Radio Network
  • Trials & Evidence
    • American State Trials Volume X 1918 By John D. Lawson LLD
    • Chronology of Events in the Leo Max Frank Epic Saga
    • Clemency / Commutation of Leo Frank on June 21, 1915, by Georgia Governor John M. Slaton
    • Feces in the Elevator Shaft
    • Frank v. Mangum
    • Grand Jury Indictment of Leo M. Frank, Saturday May 24, 1913, in the Superior Court of Atlanta, GA
    • Leo Frank Court Appeals: August 27, 1913 to April 1915
    • Leo Frank Murder Trial Testimony, July 28, 1913 to August 25, 1913
    • Mary Phagan Autopsy, Conducted on Monday, May 5, 1913, by Dr. H. F. Harris, Reported During the Leo Frank Trial on Friday, August 1, 1913.
    • Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency versus National Pencil Company, and the National Pencil Company versus Pinkerton’s Detective Agency
    • Prosecution Side of the Leo M. Frank Case and Review
      • Closing Argument of Hugh Dorsey, Solicitor General for Atlanta Circuit
      • Hair
      • Mr. Frank Arthur Hooper, Closing Arguments for the Prosecution Team in the Leo M. Frank Murder Trial, August 21, 1913, at the Fulton County Superior Court.
      • State’s Exhibit B Presented at the Leo M. Frank Murder Trial (July 28, to August 21), Created on Monday Morning, April 28, 1913, The Statement of Leo M. Frank Stenographed by a Government Magistrate at the Atlanta Police Station in the Presence of Frank’s Lawyers, Luther Zeigler Rosser, Herbert Haas, and Mary Phagan Murder Investigation Detectives
      • State’s Exhibit J, June 3rd, 1913
    • The Appeals of Leo Frank 1913, 1914, and 1915
    • The Coroner’s Inquest of the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery
    • The Partisan and Defense Side of the Leo Frank Case 1913 to 2013
      • Argument of Reuben Rose Arnold on Behalf of Leo Frank (August & October 1913)
      • Defendant’s Exhibit 91, 92, 93
      • Dissenting Georgia State Supreme Court Judges, 1914
      • Dissenting U.S. Supreme Court Judges
      • Luther Zeigler Rosser, August 22, 1913, The Final Arguments of Luther Z. Rosser on Behalf of Mr. Leo Max Frank Charged on May 24, 1913, with having Strangled to Death Little Mary Anne Phagan on Saturday, April 26, 1913
      • The Complete Leo Frank Trial Statement Delivered On August 18, 1913, Between 2:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. at the Fulton County Superior Court House, Atlanta, Georgia and Analysis.
  • What are the Most Probable Solutions to the Murder of Mary Phagan?
    • Kevin MacDonald on the Jewish Evolutionary Strategy, Algorithms and Equations of the Leo Frank Case
    • Leo Frank Case – Open or Closed? By Allen Koenigsberg the World’s Foremost Expert on the Leo Frank Case
    • Leo Frank Case Analysis of Trial and Aftermath by Neutral Books on Leo M. Frank, 1913 to 2013.
    • The National Pencil Company, 37-41 South Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 1908 to 1915
    • Tom E. Watson, the Voice of the People on Leo M. Frank, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917
    • Within the Four-Hour Long Unsworn Leo Max Frank Murder Trial Statement, Delivered on Monday Afternoon, August 18, 1913, Was a Newfangled Admission that Amounted to a Murder Trial Confession; The Revelation Was Made Sometime Between 2:15 PM and 6:00 PM, Maybe 2:45 PM, in the Fulton County Superior Court House of Atlanta, Georgia, During the Month-Long Capital Murder Trial of Leo M. Frank, Charged with Having Strangled Thirteen-Year-Old Little Mary Anne Phagan on Saturday, April 26, 1913

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Recent Posts

  • Frank Convicted, Asserts Innocence
  • Glad and Relieved Trial Is Over; No Doubt of Leo Frank’s Guilt
  • Guilty, Declares Jury
  • Here Is the Chronological Order Of Final Day of Frank’s Trial
  • Leo Frank Received Fair Trial Declares Chief Newport Lanford
  • Story of Mary Phagan’s Death as Representatives of the State Outlined It to Frank’s Jury
  • Frank Sentenced on Murder Charge to Hang Oct. 10
  • Hugh Dorsey’s Great Speech Feature of the Frank Trial
  • No Matter Who You Vote for, You Get Jonathan Greenblatt (Mary Phagan Edition)
  • Graduates of Cornell Will Aid Leo M. Frank in Fight for Life
  • Leo M. Frank to Make No Public Statement
  • Jail Cell of Leo M. Frank Now Like Living Room
  • Rosser Makes Great Speech for the Defense; Scores Detectives and Criticizes the Solicitor
  • Frank Case May Go to Jury Late This Afternoon
  • Many Records Are Badly Broken by State’s Most Expensive Trial
  • Dorsey’s Brilliant Address Attacking Leo Frank Is Stopped by Adjournment of Court Friday
  • In Dramatic Phrases Hooper Outlines Events Leading Up to and Following Death of Girl
  • Clashes Between Lawyers Mark Effort to Impeach Negro Cook
  • Chronological Table of Frank’s Actions on Day of Murder
  • Frank Ends Statement After Testifying Four Hours
  • Says He Punched Time Clock on Wrong Number
  • Hearing for Gantt at 3 P.M. Wednesday
  • Miss Hattie Hall, Stenographer, Left Pencil Factory at Noon
  • Lemmie Quinn Grilled by Coroner But He Sticks to His Statement
  • Phagan Inquest in Session; Six Witnesses are Examined Before Adjournment to 2:30
  • Fourteen Houston Policemen Fired on Bowen’s Account
  • Two New Witnesses in Phagan Mystery to Testify Thursday
  • Reward of $1,000 is Appropriated by City
  • Negro Watchman Wrote Note Found Beside Dead Girl, Experts Declare, After Seeing Frank’s Handwriting
  • Use of Dictaphone on Frank and Negro is Denied by Police
  • Witnesses Positive Murdered Girl Was Same Who Created Scene at the Terminal Station on Friday
  • Where Was Mary Phagan on Saturday Afternoon?
  • Stepfather Thinks Negro is Murderer
  • State Offers $200 Reward; City Will Follow With $1,000 For Mary Phagan’s Murderer
  • Gantt’s Release Asked in Habeas Corpus Writ
  • Bloody Thumb Print is Found on Door
  • “God’s Vengeance Will Strike Brute Who Killed Her,” Says Grandfather of Mary Phagan
  • Frank’s Character is Testified to by Long List of Girls
  • Harlee Branch Tells of Conley Pantomine
  • Two Maundering Notes Add Mystery to Crime
  • Thousands Visit Morgue to View Girl’s Body
  • Man Held for Girl’s Murder Avows He Was With Another When Witness Saw Him Last
  • Coroner’s Jury Visits Scene of Murder and Adjourns Without Rendering Verdict
  • Strand of Hair in Machine on Second Floor May Be Clew Left by Mary Phagan
  • J. M. Gantt is Arrested on His Arrival in Marietta; He Visited Factory Saturday
  • Mrs. Wardlaw Denies Ever Seeing Frank on Car With Little Girl
  • Arnold Ridicules Plot Alleged by Prosecution And Attacks the Methods Used by Detective
  • Police Think Negro Watchman Can Clear Murder Mystery; Four Are Now Under Arrest
  • Negro Watchman Tells Story of Finding Girl’s Body and Questions Fail to Shake Him
  • Three Handwriting Experts Say Negro Wrote the Two Notes Found by Body of Girl
  • L. M. Frank, Factory Superintendent, Detained By Police
  • Denies He Said He Was Willing To Lead Party to Lynch Frank
  • Dr. Clarence Johnson Is Called To Corroborate Dr. Roy Harris
  • Saw Mary Phagan on Her Way To Pencil Factory, Says McCoy
  • Sideboard in Leo Frank’s Home Moved, Asserts Husband of Cook
  • Witness Swears He Saw Frank Forcing Unwelcome Attentions Upon the Little Phagan Girl
  • Frank Hooper Opens Argument In Leo Frank Case This Morning
  • Girls Testify to Seeing Frank Talking to Little Mary Phagan With His Hands on Her Person
  • Leo Frank Takes Stand Again Despite Objection of Dorsey
  • Railway Employee Swears Car Reached Center of City at 12:03
  • Testimony of Dr. Harris Upheld By Noted Stomach Specialists
  • Testimony of Hollis Assailed by Witness
  • Starnes Tells How Affidavit From Negro Cook Was Secured
  • Swears That Frank Prepared Sheets in Less Than Two Hours
  • Girls Testify to Seeing Frank Enter Dressing Room With Woman
  • Frank’s Character Bad Declare Many Women and Girls on Stand
  • Juror’s Story of How Evidence Was Weighed and Verdict Reached
  • I’m as Innocent as I Was A Year Ago,’ Asserts Frank
  • Fight Begun To Save Frank
  • Reply Made To Frank’s Attack
  • State is Hard Hit by Judge Ruling Barring Evidence Attacking Frank
  • State Suffers a Severe Blow When Testimony Is Ruled Out
  • Climax of Trial Reached When Frank Faced Jury
  • Books and Papers Put in Evidence by the Defense
  • Supreme Test Comes as State Trains Guns on Frank’s Character
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