Leo Frank letters, 1914-1915.

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Leo Frank letters, 1914-1915.

Eighteen letters consisting of correspondence with C.P. Connolly, a lawyer and writer from East Orange, N.J., who was an advocate for Frank's innocence in the murder case involving Mary Phagan.

18 items (29 p.)

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Frank, Leo, 1884-1915

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Leo Frank, a Jewish Atlanta businessman and Superintendent and Vice President of the National Pencil Factory, Atlanta, Georgia, was born 17 April 1884, in Paris, Texas, and died 17 August 1915, in Marietta, Georgia. Frank was sentenced to death by hanging (1913) for the murder of Mary Phagan, an employee he supervised at the National Pencil Factory. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment (July 1915) because of doubt by some trial officials as to his guilt. Frank was abducted by a mob (Au...

Connolly, C. P. (Christopher Powell), 1863-1935

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Journalist, mainly with Collier's Weekly; known as one of the muckrakers. From the description of C. P. Connolly correspondence, 1907-1930. (Boise State University). WorldCat record id: 635621911 Journalist, mainly with Collier’s Weekly; known as one of the muckrakers. From the guide to the C.P. Connolly Correspondence with William E. Borah and Albert E. Horsley (Harry Orchard), 1907-1930, (Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives) ...

Phagan, Mary, ....-1913

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