Leo Frank Was Hanged in Marietta 100 Years Ago Today

100 years ago today a dark cloud fell over Marietta.   It was the day Leo Frank was hung by a crowd.  At the time it was believed  he raped and murdered little 13 year old Mary Phagan at the Atlanta Pencil Factory.  In his trial, that was heavily unfair he was sentenced to hang.  The governor reduced his punishment to life in prison.

By the way, he probably was not guilty.

Mary Phagan was a Marietta native.  A mob from Marietta drove to the state prison, and all the guards seemed to be looking the other way when Leon Frank was dragged away into the dark night.  Leo was Jewish, which explains the mob.

The hanging took place on Frey's Farm, about where the I-75 crosses Roswell Road now.

The hanging, from the car cade to the prison to the hanging was orchestrated my Marietta community leaders.  Shame.

Tch tch.