Leo Frank case ?? Innocent or guilty

[Quasar44]

Many young female workers complained at trial he would harass them
Still the evidence of murder looked spotty

??

 

[Lisa558]

Many young female workers complained at trial he would harass them
Still the evidence of murder looked spotty

??

It’s been long settled. The janitor did it, but due to antisemitism, they pinned it on him. When he was in jail, a bunch of antisemites broke him out and lynched him.

A very sad story.

 

[whitehall]

A Jew who was convicted of murder in Georgia in 1913? We can only assume that he was guilty but he was lynched after his deat sentence was commuted.

 

[Lisa558]

A Jew who was convicted of murder in Georgia in 1913? We can only assume that he was guilty but he was lynched after his deat sentence was commuted.

Why would you assume he was guilty? The young boy who witnessed it came forth 70 years later and said, on his deathbed, that he saw the black janitor do it.

His sentence was commuted to life in prison, and the antisemites wanted him dead.

 

[Lisa558]

Jim Conley did it.

'An Innocent Man Was Lynched': Reporting exonerated Leo Frank in the murder of Mary Phagan

In 1982, The Tennessean printed a special section in which a witness in the Leo Frank case, Alonzo Mann, said Frank did not murder Mary Phagan.

www.tennessean.com

 

[whitehall]

Why would you assume he was guilty? The young boy who witnessed it came forth 70 years later and said, on his deathbed, that he saw the black janitor do it.

His sentence was commuted to life in prison, and the antisemites wanted him dead.

Isn't it reasonable to assume every convicted murderer was guilty? The lynching is a different matter. It's possible that prison authorities put vulnerable inmates in a position where they can be killed. Dahmer is a modern example.

 

[Lisa558]

Isn't it reasonable to assume every convicted murderer was guilty? The lynching is a different matter. It's possible that prison authorities put vulnerable inmates in a position where they can be killed. Dahmer is a modern example.

No, it’s not reasonable. The town was both antisemitic and anti-Yankee, and there was no direct evidence. (That’s because he didn’t do it).

As far as prison authorities putting Frank in a position where vigilantes could lynch him, that’s very possible.

 

[Lisa558]

The main witness who testified against Frank was Conley - the man that Alonzo Mann, on his deathbed, testified did it.

The antisemitism - always bad - sparked after that, and Jews were threatened to pack up and move out of town.

Another Interesting tidbit was that the sheriff and mayor were among the lynchers, as was the future governor, according to a report.

'Georgia's shame'

Leo Frank's lynching at the hands of an angry mob stunned Georgia and the nation in 1915. A century later, the case still fuels debate.

specials.myajc.com

 

[Quasar44]

Isn't it reasonable to assume every convicted murderer was guilty? The lynching is a different matter. It's possible that prison authorities put vulnerable inmates in a position where they can be killed. Dahmer is a modern example.

Very rare for a Jew to commit this crime

 

[Quasar44]

The main witness who testified against Frank was Conley - the man that Alonzo Mann, on his deathbed, testified did it.

The antisemitism - always bad - sparked after that, and Jews were threatened to pack up and move out of town.

Another Interesting tidbit was that the sheriff and mayor were among the lynchers, as was the future governor, according to a report.

'Georgia's shame'

Leo Frank's lynching at the hands of an angry mob stunned Georgia and the nation in 1915. A century later, the case still fuels debate.

specials.myajc.com

Very odd for a yankee Jew to move to 1915 Georgia???

 

[whitehall]

No, it’s not reasonable. The town was both antisemitic and anti-Yankee, and there was no direct evidence. (That’s because he didn’t do it).

As far as prison authorities putting Frank in a position where vigilantes could lynch him, that’s very possible.

No direct evidence in a capital case? Perhaps the anger comes from the lynching rather than the conviction.

 

[Lisa558]

Very odd for a yankee Jew to move to 1915 Georgia???

Yes, quite odd….not sure why he made that move.

He was very bright, too. College degree from Cornell in Mechanical Engineering. I’m sure he didn’t fit in with the Southern Christians.

 

[Lisa558]

No direct evidence in a capital case? Perhaps the anger comes from the lynching rather than the conviction.

That’s true. It was all circumstantial. The Governor always thought he was innocent and that’s why he commuted the sentence to life in prison.

Also, Conley (the man that Alonzo Mann later said did it) was also arrested at the time, but that was kept secret from the jury. They wanted to pin it on the Jew.

 

[Quasar44]

Yes, quite odd….not sure why he made that move.

He was very bright, too. College degree from Cornell in Mechanical Engineering. I’m sure he didn’t fit in with the Southern Christians.

What about the 21 other harassment complaints from workers

 

[Lisa558]

What about the 21 other harassment complaints from workers

Where did you read that?

 

[Quasar44]

Where did you read that?

Some folks on ytube ??

 

[Quasar44]

No direct evidence in a capital case? Perhaps the anger comes from the lynching rather than the conviction.

Funny this board has zero AS

 

[Lisa558]

Funny this board has zero AS

What’s AS?

 

[DudleySmith]

Very rare for a Jew to commit this crime

Benny Siegel was notorious for being a serial rapist. Meyer Lansky started out as a gambler and a pimp. Employers and managers harassing female employees was as common as dirt. Jews were up to their necks in the white slavery trade all across the country, and pretty much ran the porn industry for decades. It's probably not all that rare.

 

[Quasar44]

Benny Siegel was notorious for being a serial rapist. Meyer Lansky started out as a gambler and a pimp. Employers and managers harassing female employees was as common as dirt. Jews were up to their necks in the white slavery trade all across the country, and pretty much ran the porn industry for decades. It's probably not all that rare.

Those are all small potatoes to the man who ran Murder INC

Lepke Buchalter - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org