Who are Mary Phagan and her supected murderers? Mary Phagan was a thirteen old employee of the National Pencil Company. Her parents were poor tenant farmers that moved to Marietta, Georgia. Everyone said that Mary Phagan was a pretty girl, which meant that she would grow into a beautiful woman. HG Mary went to the National Pencil Company to pick up her weekly check of a grand total of $1.20 for twelve hours of grueling work. Afterwards she had planned on watching the Confederate Memorial Day parade
Introduction In 1915, an unjust tragedy occurred. Leo M. Frank was lynched because he was thought to be guilty for the murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagan. However, was he actually guilty of the crime he was convicted for? More or less, Leo Frank was a victim of press influencing public opinion, the need for Hugh Dorsey (the prosecutor) to have a successful case, and racial prejudice of the time. Contrary to public opinion, Leo Frank was not guilty for murdering Mary Phagan. Overview of the case