Author: Mary Phagan


MISS C S HAAS, Sworn In For The State, 197th To Testify

MISS C. S. HAAS, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I heard Kendley two weeks ago talk about the Frank case so loudthat the entire street car heard it. He said that circumstantial evidencewas the best kind of evidence to convict…

N SINKOVITZ, Sworn In For The State, 198th To Testify

N. SINKOVITZ, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I am a pawnbroker. I know M. E. Mc Coy. He has pawned his watchto me lately. The last time was January 11, 1913. It was in my place ofbusiness on the 26th…

S L ASHER, Sworn In For The State, 199th To Testify

  S. L. ASHER, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal. About two weeks ago I was coming to town between 5 and 10 minutes to 1 on the car and there was a man who was talking very loud about…

ORAL STATEMENT OF LEO M. FRANK.

Gentlemen of the Jury: In the year 1884, on the 17th day of April, I was born in Cuero, Texas. At the age of three months, my parents took me to Brooklyn, New York, and I remained in my home…

ADDITIONAL STATEMENT MADE BY DEFENDANT, LEO M. FRANK.

In reply to the statement of the boy that he saw me talking to Mary Phagan when she backed away from me, that is absolutely false, that never occurred. In reply to the two girls, Robinson and Hewel, that they…
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Alonzo Mann Affidavit, November 10th, 1982, Atlanta, Georgia.

Here within is the original 91-page transcript (55 pages typed out) of an affidavit that Alonzo Mann (1898 - 1985) orated and was videotaped on November 10th, 1982, regarding the April 26, 1913, murder of Mary Phagan, some 69 years…
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Fannie Phagan Coleman and J.W. Coleman’s letter to Tom Watson, published in the Jeffersonian Weekly

Page 9; on July 15th, 1915, regarding the June 21, 1915, Commutation of Leo Frank to life in prison by former Governor John Slaton. Transcription of Letter: The Mother and the Stepfather of Mary Phagan Write To the Hon. Thos. E.…
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Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 1

SUPPLEMENT TO MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA June 23, 1915 OPINION IN CASE OF THE STATE VERSES LEO FRANK Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 01
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Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 3

SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATE OF GEORGIA. June 21, 1915: In Re Leo M. Frank, Fulton Superior Court, sentenced to be executed June 22, 1915. Saturday, April 26, 1913, was Memorial Day in Georgia and a general…
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Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 4

I desire to say in this connection that the people of the State of Georgia desire the esteem and good will of the people of every State in the Union. Every citizen wishes the approbation of his fellows, and a…