America in the early 1900’s can be demonstrated through the case of Leo Frank. The people of Atlanta responded in a way that represents the tensions that filled the crevices of American society. Leo Frank was a wealthy Jewish man living in America during this earlier parts of the 1900’s. Leo Frank was a man that was accused of raping and murdering a young lady named Mary Phagan. Leo Frank was never proven guilty for the crime against Mary Phagan. Although, He was claimed to be guilty of his crime and was sentenced to death. However, later in the trial the people of Atlanta kidnapped Leo Frank from prison and lynched him. The trail of Leo Frank showed how America had a great deal of social, religious, and environmental tension occurring during
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This is shown through many newspapers dedicated to the trial of Leo Frank. However, these newspapers seem to be bias, between the Northern region of America, and the Southern parts of America. People in Southern America and people in Northern America had very different beliefs in the innocence of Leo Frank. People in the South believed that Leo Frank was a glut and completely guilty, while the people in the North believed that Leo Frank was innocent and was faulty accused for the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. In a newspaper from New York shows its bias in the case of Leo Frank, it states “And the innocence of Leo M. Frank if ever it is shown, can never be a solace a living man who has been a martyr. . .” Since this tells that killing a man that has not yet proved to be guilty, it shows an example of the North taking up for Leo Frank on some accounts. On the other hand, the North released newspapers that claimed Leo Frank to be innocent, such as in North Carolina. The High Point was a newspaper that only spoke of evidence that proved Leo Frank to be an innocent man. In the newspaper governor Stanton was asked his stance on the case in which he replied, “Feeling as I do about this case I would be a murderer if I allowed this man to hang.” This man felt sympathy for Leo Frank and thought that he was innocent. A newspaper from the state of Kentucky seemed to justify the mob that captured Leo Frank and lynched him for the crime he supposedly committed. The newspaper complimented the mob for the job they did on killing Leo Frank. The newspaper said “The mob was orderly, but worked with quick precision.” The news told the people of Kentucky that the killers did a good job and worked with great precision. If the people of the South really thought that Frank was innocent, then they would have disliked the mob for killing a man that has not really been proven guilty.
This is shown through many newspapers dedicated to the trial of Leo Frank. However, these newspapers seem to be bias, between the Northern region of America, and the Southern parts of America. People in Southern America and people in Northern America had very different beliefs in the innocence of Leo Frank. People in the South believed that Leo Frank was a glut and completely guilty, while the people in the North believed that Leo Frank was innocent and was faulty accused for the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. In a newspaper from New York shows its bias in the case of Leo Frank, it states “And the innocence of Leo M. Frank if ever it is shown, can never be a solace a living man who has been a martyr. . .” Since this tells that killing a man that has not yet proved to be guilty, it shows an example of the North taking up for Leo Frank on some accounts. On the other hand, the North released newspapers that claimed Leo Frank to be innocent, such as in North Carolina. The High Point was a newspaper that only spoke of evidence that proved Leo Frank to be an innocent man. In the newspaper governor Stanton was asked his stance on the case in which he replied, “Feeling as I do about this case I would be a murderer if I allowed this man to hang.” This man felt sympathy for Leo Frank and thought that he was innocent. A newspaper from the state of Kentucky seemed to justify the mob that captured Leo Frank and lynched him for the crime he supposedly committed. The newspaper complimented the mob for the job they did on killing Leo Frank. The newspaper said “The mob was orderly, but worked with quick precision.” The news told the people of Kentucky that the killers did a good job and worked with great precision. If the people of the South really thought that Frank was innocent, then they would have disliked the mob for killing a man that has not really been proven guilty.