The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery

De: The Atlanta Publishing Company

Narrado por: Russell Stamets

The sensational case of Leo M. Frank is undisputedly Atlanta's and the south’s greatest murder mystery of modern years. The story of how little Mary Phagan was foully murdered as she went to get her pay at the National Pencil factory, revolting and horrible as it is in its details, naturally interests every working man and every working woman. The mystery of the crime compels the interest of everyone who hears about it. The Mary Phagan murder mystery, however, lost its identity when Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the big factory where the humble little employee met her death, was arrested and it became the Frank case. In no other murder case in the south has there been such intense interest. It has become more than the ordinary murder mystery; more than the story of a man of position charged with slaving in lustful passion a little factory girl. The reason of the unusual importance of the case is that, it is charged, Frank was being persecuted because he was a Jew.

Public Domain (P)2020 Russell Stamets

portrait of a murder and the South of 100 yrs ago

What makes this book so interesting is that it was written soon after the trial by journalists who covered the whole case, so that the language and flavor of Atlanta a century ago is unmistakable. The fact that the murder is shocking and a bit of a mystery adds to its appeal. As always, Russell Stamets brings the right tone to the narration.