Leo Frank died on July 18, 1915
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Leo Frank was a Jewish-American businessman who was lynched in 1915. The Ballad of Leo Frank is about that. There is a link below to an article on Leo Frank.
Leo Frank was the manager of his uncle's pencil factory in Atlanta, Georgia. Leo Frank a northern educated Jew murdered and raped one of his child laborers named Mary Phagan during Confederate Memorial Day on August 26th 1913. After a month long trial with several dozen witnesses testifying for the defense a Jury of 12 White men unanimously voted to convict Leo Frank of Murder. It was a controversial trial, because it would be the first time in American history that the main testimony of a Black man resulted in the conviction of a White man (Leo Frank). Frank was sentenced to death for the crime and the Govenor of Georgia, John M. Slaton a senior law partner for the Leo Frank defense team commuted Leo Franks sentence to life in prison. Outraged Georgians organized a group of men, broke into Jail and seized Leo Frank later lynching him from an oak tree. See the link below for more detail.
Mrs. frank is the mother of Anne and Margot frank. she is the wife of Otto frank.
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