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 →
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 →
Documents on Behalf of the Leo M. Frank Legal Defense Team and Partisan Side of the Leo Frank Equation 1913 to 2013: This section lists documents, videos, and articles, divided as primary and secondary sources that directly attempt or tend to argue in favor of Leo Frank’s innocence and promote the theory Jim Conley was the real murderer. Begin this Continue Reading →
1913: The Grave of little Mary Phagan (1899 to 1913) by Fiddlin’ John Carson, April 28, 1913. The Grave of Little Mary Phagan, 1913 Early Film: Thou Shalt Not Kill (1915) Thou Shalt Not Kill: Just four months after Frank’s lynching, Hal Reid, the father of the silent-movie star Wallace Reid, produced Thou Shalt Not Kill, a film based on 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 →
Atlanta Constitution Newspapers about the Frank-Phagan case will be listed here. 1913 April 28, 1913: Girl is Assaulted and then Murdered in Heart of Town (Atlanta Constitution) April 28, 1913: Pretty Young Victim of Sunday’s Atrocious Crime and the Building in Which She Met Her Death (Atlanta Constitution) April 29, 1913: $1,000 Reward (Atlanta Constitution) April 29, 1913: Held on Murder Charge Continue Reading →
Before Reading State’s Exhibit J, Learn about the woman who gave it, Minola McKnight. Source of State’s Exhibit J: Internet Archive copy of Leo M. Frank, Plaintiff in Error, vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error. In Error from Fulton Superior Court at the July Term 1913. Brief of Evidence 1913 STATE’S EXHIBIT J, Leo Frank Trial Brief of Evidence, Continue Reading →
The Corporate Standard of the National Pencil Company, Atlanta, Georgia, Circa 1913 The National Pencil Company, 37-41 South Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia In the Southern progressive era and the years thereafter, Atlanta was in many ways the unofficial capital of the New South, because it became the biggest focal point for trade, innovative business development, manufacturing industry, and rapid Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 26th, 1913 LEO FRANK’S LIFE HISTORY. The following chronological history of the life of Leo Max Frank is taken from his statement to the jury, made Monday, August 18, 1913: April 17, 1884, born in Paris, Texas. July, 1884, taken by parents to live in Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta GeorgianAugust 8th, 1913 Say Mary Phagan Did Not Reach Factory Before 12:10 FRANK TAKES ACTIVE INTEREST IN CASE AND ASSISTS HIS LAWYERS The vital time element which may serve alone to convict Leo Frank or set him free, entered largely into the evidence presented Friday by Continue Reading →
Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case. Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 Says She Heard Frank’s Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide Incoherent Statement by Employee of Frank Household That Must Not Be Taken as Legal Evidence Until Heard and Corroborated in Court. Another sensational but strangely incoherent affidavit in Continue Reading →
A NEW authorized audio book version of The Murder of Little Mary Phagan by Mary Phagan Kean has just been recorded for The American Mercury. The Leo Frank Case Research Library is proud to offer it to our readers on this, the 103rd anniversary of the tragic death of Mary Phagan. You can download the audio book, free of charge, Continue Reading →
‘The Silent and the Damned: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank’, authored by Robert Seitz Frey (born 1955) & Nancy C. Thompson (First edition published 1988, second release 2002, Kindle version 2012), is yet another pseudo-scholarly treatment of the Mary Phagan murder case, amounting to nothing more than a maudlin hagiography about the life & Continue Reading →