We Need Reporters at Leo Frank Event
by Chris Rossetti
THE EDITORS of National Vanguard and others working for a balanced, truthful account of the Leo Frank case have a request for any of our readers and correspondents within driving distance of Marietta, Georgia: Please attend the re-dedication ceremony of the Leo Frank lynching marker…
103 Years After Leo Frank’s Execution
by Dale Bennett and National Vanguard staff
THIS WEEK MARKS the 103rd anniversary of the death of Leo Frank, who was lynched on August 17, 1915 by some of the leading citizens of Atlanta, outraged at a corrupt governor’s commutation of his death sentence. The Leo Frank case marked a major turning…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Judge Leonard Roan’s Charge to the Jury
THIS WEEK we present our final installment of our audio books on the subject of the 1913 trial of Leo M. Frank for the strangling and sex murder of his 13-year-old sweatshop employee, Mary Phagan. Today we hear the words of Judge Leonard Strickland Roan (pictured) in his charge to the jury, exactly as they…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Dorsey’s Closing Arguments, part 6
THIS WEEK we present the sixth and last audio book installment of prosecutor Hugh Dorsey’s closing arguments in the 1913 trial of Leo M. Frank (pictured) for the strangling and sex murder of his 13-year-old sweatshop employee Mary Phagan. In this dramatic conclusion, you hear the words that…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Dorsey’s Closing Arguments, part 5
THIS WEEK we present the fifth and next-to-last audio book installment of prosecutor Hugh Dorsey’s closing arguments in the 1913 trial of Leo M. Frank (pictured, slightly to the right of center with arms crossed, during his trial) for the strangling and sex murder of his 13-year-old sweatshop…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Dorsey’s Closing Arguments, part 4
VANESSA NEUBAUER’S audio book reading from the 1913 Leo Frank case this week is the fourth part of prosecutor Hugh Dorsey’s closing arguments. Leo Max Frank was ultimately convicted of murdering his 13-year-old pencil factory employee, Mary Phagan, in a case which set the stage for Jewish-Gentile…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Dorsey’s Closing Arguments, part 3
THIS WEEK’S audio book presentation on the 1913 Leo Frank case is the third (of six) parts of prosecutor Hugh Dorsey’s closing arguments. His arguments, along with the evidence in this case, were ultimately successful — and Jewish pencil factory superintendent Leo Frank (pictured)…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Dorsey’s Closing Arguments, part 2
THIS WEEK WE present the second part of the closing arguments of Solicitor Hugh Dorsey (pictured, L, in a contemporary newspaper illustration along with Frank and the other attorneys in the case), the prosecutor in the 1913 murder trial of Leo Frank for the slaying of his sweatshop employee Mary Phagan.…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Dorsey’s Closing Arguments, part 1
TODAY WE present the closing arguments of Solicitor Hugh Dorsey (pictured), which were the very last arguments heard by the jury, in the 1913 murder trial of Leo Max Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan. These powerful, successful, and historic arguments span some six hours, and they will be presented…
New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Rosser’s Closing Arguments, part 2
THIS WEEK in our audio book series we present part 2, the final part, of the powerful, skillful closing arguments of Luther Z. Rosser for the defense of Leo Frank (pictured) in his trial for the murder of Mary Phagan, read by Vanessa Neubauer. Rosser, possibly the most feared lawyer in Atlanta in his day,…
