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 →

Outside the Courtroom during the Leo Frank Trial   Life and Family Background of James Conley The Negro James Conley was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1886. In later years, Conley was one of ten children (Koenigsberg, 2012). Conley stated at the trial he went to school for about a year (the 1900 census lists Conley as illiterate), but despite 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 →

Mary Phagan Directory Listing in 1913 Atlanta The Leo Frank Case – open or closed? by Allen Koenigsberg of www.LeoFrankCase.com On April 27, 1913, shortly before the Atlanta Journal had printed all the events of the previous day. (Leo Frank sketch in the Aug 1913 Atlanta Constitution). A congratulatory article had already appeared in their pages: “Grand Opera Helped to Continue Reading →

Original 1915 first edition front cover Photo of Leo Frank contained within Connolly’s book (Many people email us asking what’s that phallic looking thing Leo Frank is holding upright in his left hand at his crotch? Answer: Leo Frank is holding a Cigar in his left hand. To Quote Psychology’s most famous Quack, Sigmund Freud, “Sometimes a Cigar is just Continue Reading →

There were two major speeches that Reuben Rose Arnold made on behalf of Leo Frank in 1913 that survived the last century and are available to this date, the first was his closing argument speech given at the end of the Leo M. Frank criminal trial in late August 1913, it is captured in Lawson’s American State Trials Volume X Continue Reading →

Luther Zeigler Rosser (Lawfirm Rosser, Brandon, Slaton and Phillips) Brief Introduction to the August 22nd, 1913, Closing Argument of Luther Zeigler Rosser, in the Concluding Days of the Leo M. Frank Capital Murder Trial (July 28, 1913 to August 25, 1913). First, Meet Attorney Luther Zeigler Rosser, Chief Counsel For the Leo M. Frank Defense Legal Dream Team of Eight Continue Reading →

Leo M. Frank, Plaintiff in Error, vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error. In Error from Fulton Superior Court at the July Term, 1913 Murder Trial Testimony in Adobe PDF format: http://www.leofrank.info/library/georgia-archives/ In the Supreme Court of Georgia FALL TERM, 1913 LEO M. FRANK PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. STATE OF GEORGIA DEFENDANT IN ERROR In Error from Fulton Superior Court 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 →

Download the ARGUMENT OF HUGH M. DORSEY (click here or right mouse click and save as) Arguments of Prosecutor Hugh M. Dorsey, August 1913. Leo Frank murder trial closing arguments by Hugh Manson Dorsey are published under the title, Argument of Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor-General, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, at the Trial of Leo M. Frank Charged with the Murder of 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 →

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 →

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 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 →