The Leo Frank Case

The Leo Frank case was one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases that has ever appeared in the courts of Georgia.
Leo max frank was born on April 17, 1884. He was born in Cuero Texas. He was an American Jew who was convicted of killing a 13 year old migrant factory worker named Mary Phagan. The lynching of Leo frank caused an uproar around the world. The case also caused for anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism is when you show hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
Mary phagan was born on June 1, 1899 in Alabama. She was born in to a family full of tenant farmers, her father had died before she was born. At the age of 10 she quit school and began to work in a textile mill. In spring of 1912, she began working at the national pencil
He was a black janitor who worked at the national pencil factory and was arrested when he was seen washing red blood stains from his shirt. He would soon testify and say that the reason behind doing do was because he helped Leo Frank dispose of the body after he killed her.
The janitor (Jim colony) had been held in seclusion for six weeks before the trial. This was due to the orders from Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey. The jury would soon convict the defendant. Leo Frank's attorneys were unable to break Jim Conley's testimony on the stand. There was also evidence that was brought forth suggesting that Leo frank had many altercations with some of the other young factory workers. Some were girls and some were boys. It was also said that he attended many of the brothels that were in town. In which the head mistress gave insight saying he preferred the women to be young girls instead.
He would also ask for as many as 5 girls at a time. Many of the residents in Atlanta hoped for a conviction. They surrounded the courthouse and cheered the prosecutor as he entered and exited the building each day. The trial in total took 25 days to come up with a verdict. After the 25 days were over it was drawn to a conclusion that he was to be deemed guilty. He was to be killed, execution
Being that he was a Jewish American there was a lot of speculation going on around that there was also some type of anti-Semitism going on. After the trial and sudden lynching was over many of the Jews left the state of Georgia. They could not face the events that were going on. They would soon face discrimination in some areas of the world. In the end on March 11, 1986 Leo frank would be issued a pardon on the account of another factory worker that came forth on his death bed and later testified against Jim colony. The man who was a boy at the time of the murder said he saw Jim carrying her freshly dead body on his