The Leo Frank Case: The Lynching of a Guilty Man Part 2

Newt Lee, the nightwatchman of the National Pencil Company was being framed for the murder of Mary Phagan. We know now without the slightest doubt that Lee was innocent. But the pro-Frank forces, even at this early date in the case, were already engaging in the planting of evidence, impersonation of detectives, and other skulduggery in order to pin the crime on an innocent man — and this would not be the last time they would do this.

Originally posted on The American Mercury:
https://theamericanmercury.org..../2018/05/the-leo-fra