The Leo Frank Case: Attorneys Threatened - Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery

This is the nineteenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'.

On August 16, the trial of a man accused of murdering a young girl in Georgia was a long and contentious affair. The lawyers were exhausted, with many losing weight and facing threats from fans who supported the move to send the prisoner to the gallows. Defense attorneys received numerous letters of advice and condemnation from all parts of the country, with one man in Nashville, Tennessee, spending at least $100 in writing to Mr. Rosser suggestions for how to present the defense case.

The trial was the longest in the history of the South, and Frank stood it as well as any prisoner who ever faced the scaffold. The state made no attack upon his mentality, and even Solicitor Dorsey described him as a mental colossus. The four leading attorneys made references to the defendant in the arguments to the jury, stating that the greatest injustice in the case had been the whispered, unspeakable things that the very suspicion of which is damning.

Attorney Luther Z. Rosser praised the defendant's story, stating that it had the ring of truth to it, unmistakable, and unrefutable. He believed that the state had built its case on Conley's statement and it stands or falls with it. Attorney Reuben R. Arnold argued that the greatest injustice in this case has been the whispered, unspeakable things, and that the state has built its case on Conley's statement and it stands or falls with it.

Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey believed that many people of bad character use charitable and religious organizations to mask their real self, and that Mary Phagan's stamina and character were not like other men.

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