Leo Frank A Jew, for the murder of "little Mary Phagan" prompted the formation of the anti-defamation league and the resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan. Frank was convicted and sentenced to a prison farm. Twenty-five men described in this account as some of Marietta's, "best citizens" clad in low hats and goggles, yanked Frank from a hospital bed. Frank was recovering from a knife wound to his throat. He was driven to an oak tree, noosed and a table was kicked out beneath him. Postcards were sold locally and continued to sell for years after. In the mob were two former Superior Court justices, a sheriff, and a clergyman. Leo Frank was pardoned in 1985 posthumously.
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