The Lynching of a Guilty Man Part 3 By The Nation of Islam

The Leo Frank Case: The Lynching of a Guilty Man Part Three

In the aftermath of Mary Phagan's murder, both Newt Lee and Leo Frank were held in separate cells at Atlanta Police Headquarters. The case was rife with explosive racial dynamics, including Leo Frank's claim that "blacks" were responsible. Despite no trace of anti-Semitism at the outset, the Anti-Defamation League's teacher's guide to the recent Phagan murder claims that no single article or editorial hinted at such a thing. A month after his murder, Georgian editors found Leo Frank's positive exoneration. No fingerprints on the girl's body or clothing were identified as belonging to him. A search by detectives implicating him in the crime turned up nothing. Police, as far as is known, have identified Frank.

The biggest victim of negative and racist pre-trial propaganda was Newt Lee, who was publicly threatened with death in newspaper headlines. The constitutional clause reads, "Your loyalty or [your] neck." In the same article, printed three days after the murder, Lee's race was mentioned nine times. An analysis published in Forum magazine in 1916 reminds us that the "newscopy" associated with it ended up in Jewish hands. No one, surplus cop or not, lost sight of the fact that the little girl was dead and Frank was the last man known to have seen Mary Phagan alive.

A series of circumstantial evidence of time, motive, opportunity, and physical evidence made Frank's conviction more likely, if not simpler. The jury must consider the prosecution's scenario and whether alternative theories are plausible. The state's case against Leo Frank was based on good evidence, but there was one unusual feature that put this indictment in a class of its own: the white male defendant was a murderer who deserved death.

On this, the 105th anniversary of Mary Phagan’s death, we at The American Mercury are proud to present part 33 of our audio version of this very important book, read by Vanessa Neubauer.

Simply press “play” on the player embedded above to hear part Three of the book.

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The Jewish communities in the United States are still trying to get Leo Frank the Jewish rapist and murderer exonerated.

The best two books on the Leo Frank case are:

1. The Murder of Little Mary Phagan by Mary Phagan Kean

2. The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, Vol. 3; The Leo Frank Case: The Lynching of a Guilty Man.

For further information on the Nation of Islam Historical Research Group, readers are encouraged to visit their Web site, noirg.org.