Body of Leo Frank Exhibited in Atlanta Amid Nationwide Outcry
Thousands viewed the battered corpse of Leo Frank in Atlanta as authorities pursued lynchers. The body, hauled by wagon then car, was transported to Greenburg Bond for embalming before Brooklyn funeral plans. Governor Harris ordered Cobb officials to catch the culprits. no rewards offered yet. The mob scene portrayed intense anger at Frank’s lynching following Mary Phagan’s death.
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Brooklyn
Harris
Cobb County
Frank
State Farm
Milledgeville
Marietta
L. Hicks
Leo Frank
Frey Gin
William Frey
Frey
Mary Phagan
William Creen
Robert Silverman
the Independent Order, Sons of Israel
Union
United States
Georgia
Creen
Jeffersonian
Yellow
America
Beillis
Georgia Folk in Grim Lynching as Mob Shapes Funeral
A Georgia lynching case unfolds with a mob voting against mutilation, yet chaos ensues as the body is seized, trampled, and transported by car toward Atlanta. Judge Morris intervenes to recover the body, which travels by auto and funeral car amid a massive, mournful crowd, with police guarding the undertaker's rooms. The coffin is later placed on a north-bound train toward Brooklyn for burial with Frank’s parents.
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Frank
Judge
Atlanta
Marietta
Mary Phagan
Judge Morris
Attorney Woog
Brooklyn
Plan for a Jewish Congress in Boston Meeting
An appeal to Boston Jews urged unity for an American Jewish congress at Tremont Temple. The mass meeting highlighted wartime crisis and said Jews should be ready to present their demands when peace negotiations begin.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
Georgia Lynching Draws National Condemnation of Mob Rule
Prominent Massachusetts figures condemn the Leo Frank lynching in Marietta County Georgia as a blot on the state and a threat to civilization. Leaders including Mayors, governors, attorneys general and business executives call for justice, restraint, and accountability to uphold the rule of law.
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Leo M. Frank
Georgia
Massachusetts
Slaton condemns Leo Frank lynching as assault on civilization
Former Georgia Governor Slaton, visiting the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, denounces the lynching of Leo Frank as a cowardly murder and calls for punishment of the mob. He stresses Georgia’s need to restore honor and vows to return to Georgia by mid September.
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Samuel J. Elder
Leo Frank
Slaton
Leon R. Egges
Georgia
North
Frank
San Francisco
Leo M. Frank
Mrs. Frank Travels With Husband's Body
The body of Leo M. Frank, under heavy police guard, was loaded onto a Southern railway train at 12:01 this morning. Mrs. Frank and several Atlanta friends accompanied the body to Brooklyn, with police guarding the funeral party until departure.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Southern Railway
Frank
Brooklyn
Terminal Station
Jewish Congress urged to secure rights for Jews worldwide
Speakers urged a democratically represented Jewish congress to discuss all phases of the Jewish problem and seek full political civic and national rights plus a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Isaac Hamlin chaired a 2500-person meeting with Pinchas Ruttenburg and Drs Shidlofsky Syrkin noting anti Semitism and urging unity across parties.
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Isaac Hamlin
Boston
Movement For the
Jewish Congress
Palestine
Pinchas Ruttenburg
Italy
Charles Shidlofsky
Nahume Syrkin
New York
Ruttenburg
Dreyfus
France
Beillis
Russia
Frank
Georgia
Officials Blameless as Milledgeville Nabs Leo Frank
Milledgeville prison officials are declared blameless in the Leo M. Frank kidnapping. R E Davidson and commissioners inspect the prison as five men seize Frank, cut wires, overpower guards, and drive him from the farm to the Marietta outskirts in minutes.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Leo M. Frank
State
R. E. Davidson
State Prison Commission
Davidson
Rainey and Patterson
Frank
Milledgeville
Marietta
Navy Secretary Denounces Leo Frank Lynching as Blot on Georgia
Secretary of the Navy Daniels issued a formal statement condemning the Leo Frank lynching as the worst blot on Georgia’s name. He said he was shocked by mob lawlessness and urged that every good citizen deplore the act and denounce it more sincerely.
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Frank
Georgia
South
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Daniels
Leo M. Frank
Republic
Dr Bowers Aids Seasickness Troubles in Post Magazine
The Sunday Post Magazine features Dr Bowers offering first aid advice for seasickness. Readers learn practical remedies and preventive tips to ease motion sickness at sea.
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Next Sunday Post
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