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    Murder of Little Mary Phagan: The Story the Still Rocks the Nation

    By Mary Phagan

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    One hundred years ago the nation reeled at the brutal rape and murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan and the arrest of her accused killer, Leo Frank. Frank's trial and conviction generated fiery emotions in the people of Georgia and across the nation. When John Slaton, governor of Georgia, commuted Frank's sentence from death to life imprisonment, a group of prominent, well-known men broke into the prison. They kidnapped and lynched Leo Frank. The repercussions are still being felt.

    Now, the great-niece and namesake of Mary Phagan, whose startling resemblance to the murdered girl has haunted her life, breaks the vow of silence imposed on the Phagan family by Fannie Phagan Coleman, mother of little Mary. She discloses for the first time the family's side of the affair. She recounts in ghastly detail Mary Phagan's murder and its grim legacy. She reveals the heretofore private Phagan family records: her grandfather's secret meeting with Jim Conley, whose testimony convicted Leo Frank; her meetings with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles; and her interview with Alonzo Mann, whose revelations about Jim Conley and Leo Frank in 1982 brought the nation's attention back to the case and led to Leo Frank's posthumous pardon.

    The Murder of Little Mary Phagan is the definitive account of one of the most famous crimes of the century and its continuing aftermath.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Horizon Press
    Release dateJun 16, 2016
    ISBN9780882825328
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    • 2/5
      The authors refusal to let go of her predetermined belief in Franks guilt is laughable. I am a former homicide prosecutor and if anyone viewing this evidence thinks that there is any question that someone other than Conley is the killer they have no less bias than the animals that lynched an innocent man. Her bias was bred into her by her bigoted father no doubt. The historical documents, photos and quotes within the book did have value.
    • 5/5
      "The Murder of Little Mary Phagan" is a treasure for any true Anglo southerner. The author defends a little southern belle from her factory employer who never was a Christian, and with such low morals the evidence certainly points to him as a cold-blooded killer without regard for a defenseless young Christian girl. The story mirrors Chaucer's Prioress' Tale where a young Christian boy is murdered by a Jew. It is an excellent book that is surely to become a long standing lesson in the conflict of religion between good and evil.