What is the official consensus regarding the final legal status of Leo Frank’s innocence or guilt in the case of Mary Phagan? 1. The Coroner’s Inquest (Wednesday, April 30, 1913, to Thursday, May 8, 1913): The Fulton County Coroner Paul Donehoo and six jurymen sworn under oath, visited the crime scenes of the National Pencil Company at 37-41 South Forsyth Continue Reading →
The Leo Frank Affair (1913 to 1915) and its aftermath (1915 to 1986), What Really Happened? Welcome to the Leo Frank Case Research Library Archive, the largest online collection of primary sources concerning the life, and centarian legacy (1915 to 2015) of Leo Frank, who was convicted August 25, 1913, of having strangled 13 year old “little” Mary Anne Phagan Continue Reading →
Leo Frank Appeals: Majority and Unanimous Decisions during the Appeals Process Affirm the Murder Conviction Given by the Trial Jury After the murder trial ended August 21, closing arguments concluded, the jury rendered its decision on August 25 at 4 p.m., and the trial judge affirmed the decision and sentencing on August 26, 1913. Frank’s lawyers immediately appealed. Leo Frank, Continue Reading →
Introduction Biography of Leo Max Frank Parents and Family Brooklyn, NY Pratt Institute Cornell University After College Opportunity of a Lifetime Apprenticeship Atlanta Georgia NPCo Marriage B’nai B’rith Mary Phagan April 26, 1913 April 27, 1913 April 28, 1913 Coroner’s Inquest Grand Jury Trial Appeals Commutation Shanking Lynching Alonzo Mann Posthumous Pardon Onward
Introduction Biography of Leo Max Frank Parents and Family Brooklyn NY Pratt Institute Cornell University After College Opportunity of a Lifetime Apprenticeship Atlanta Georgia NPCo Marriage B’nai B’rith Mary Phagan 1913 Monday, April 21, 1913 – Biography of Mary Phagan Saturday, April 26, 1913 – Confederate Memorial Day Sunday, April 27, 1913 – Murder Investigation April 28, 1913 – Breakthrough Continue Reading →
American State Trials Volume 10 (1918) by John D. Lawson, LL.D. Beginning on page 182, an interpretation of the Leo M. Frank case by John D. Lawson is featured and then it is followed by an abridged version of the 1913 Leo Frank trial testimony (July 28, 1913 to August 26, 1913) for the murder of little Mary Phagan on Continue Reading →
People v. Leo Frank (2009) directed by Ben Loeterman and Steve Oney (senior consultant). Please watch, transcribe, and fact-check each segment of this 84 minute, 2009 published docudrama by using the 1913 – 1915 primary sources of the Leo Frank case (legal records and Atlanta newspaper reports) to determine what is fact or fiction. When you have completed this task, Continue Reading →
Below is the OCR digitally scanned version of the Leo Frank chapter, if you want a crisp version of the book visit the Internet Archive: The Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/NotableAmericanTrials.LeoFrankGuiltyOrNotGuilty1952 Guilty or Not Guilty. An Account of the trial of the Leo Frank Case By Francis Xavier 1952. The Trial of Leo Frank for the Murder of Mary Phagan (1913) THE Continue Reading →
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Published in 1929, it is one of the early accounts summarizing the Leo M. Frank case. Unfortunately, the article is filled with mistakes, omissions, and factual errors, but it is an interesting read nonetheless. The article also tends to take the side of Leo M. Frank and can therefore be categorized as taking the defense or Frankite position. THE MYSTERY Continue Reading →
From the scholarly article, “Leo Frank and the American Jewish Community,” published in the prestigious American Jewish Archive Journal, 1968, volume 20, number 2, by Leonard Dinnerstein author of The Leo Frank Case editions 1968 through 2008. Link: Dinnerstein, Leonard. “Leo M. Frank and the American Jewish Community.” American Jewish Archive Journal, November 1968, Volume 20, Number 2. Leonard Dinnerstein’s Continue Reading →
Mary Phagan Kean Question: What would Mary Anne Phagan (June 1, 1899 – April 26, 1913) approximately look like in her mid to late fifties if she had lived to see this age? Answer: Mary Phagan-Kean (b. June 5, 1954), her grandniece and namesake. Mary Phagan-Kean, a self-proclaimed “military brat,” was born in the Southern State of Georgia. Phagan-Kean is Continue Reading →
In this day of fading ideals and disappearing land marks, little Mary Phagan’s heroism is an heirloom, than which there is nothing more precious among the old red hills of Georgia.Sleep, little girl, sleep in your humble grave but if the angels are good to you in the realms beyond the trouble sunset and the clouded Continue Reading →
The Abduction Site: Milledgeville Prison On August 16, 1915, nearly two months after the June 21, 1915, commutation, Leo M. Frank was abducted from prison by a group of men from the State of Georgia’s highest social, legal, and political strata. They anointed themselves as the Knights of Mary Phagan. After droving Frank 175 miles to Cobb County at the Continue Reading →
Leo Frank Appeals: Majority and Unanimous Decisions during the Appeals Process Affirm the Murder Conviction Given by the Trial Jury by Not Disturbing It After the Leo Frank murder trial ended August 21, closing arguments began and then ended on August 25 at noon. The jury rendered its decision on August 25 at 4 p.m., and August 26 at 10:00 Continue Reading →
After reading the Leo M. Frank chronology of events, you may want to read the period Leo Frank case newspaper articles from 1913 to 1915 (and beyond), and be sure to also review the Leo Frank Images Archive, which has recently exceeded two hundred images. —- The Leo Frank Case Chronology, based on the compilation originally created by Charles Pou, Continue Reading →
Leo Frank Saga References and Bibliography1902 and 1903 Pratt Institute Monthly mentions Leo Frank on the Debate team in June 1902 and mentions Leo Frank’s Brooklyn address as an Alumni in February, 1903. https://leofrank.info/library/pratt-institute/pratt-institute-monthly-1902.pdf. Google map is available. 1906 Steve Oney (Dead Shall Rise, 2003) claims, as do other Jewish-American authors that Leo Frank was 5’6″ and 130lbs., but reliable Continue Reading →
Vintage Media of Leo Frank: Photograph from the Bain News Service, see the retouched version for publication in the New York World-Telegram, 26th of August in the year 1913. From the New York World Telegram & Sun Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress. Forensic Time Travelers of the Imagination Presents: The Centenary Leo Frank Case Odyssey, 1913 to 2015 Continue Reading →