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Bookmark or Share- Did Leo Frank kill Mary Phagan? 106 years later, we might finally find ...In early May, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced that he will reopen one of the most notorious criminal proceedings in American history: the trial of National Pencil Company...
- Murder in Atlanta pencil factory leads to lynching of Leo FrankThirteen-year-old Mary Phagan is found sexually molested and murdered in the basement of the Atlanta, Georgia, pencil factory where she worked. Her murder later led to one of the most...
- Phagan, Mary | American murder victim | BritannicaOn April 26, 1913, at about noon, Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old employee of the National Pencil Company, went to the factory to collect her pay, which Frank gave to her. Soon after, she was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered. Newt Lee, a watchman, discovered her body in the factory’s basement about 3:30 am and reported it to police.
- Who Killed Mary Phagan? - The New York TimesTHE single most famous lynching in American history remains that of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent in Atlanta, convicted in 1913 of murdering Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old girl in his...
- Leo Frank - WikipediaLeo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 – August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent and lynching victim. He was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. Frank's trial, conviction, and unsuccessful appeals attracted national attention.
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