All of the "witness" testimony is sketchy at best, with the background being the depraved notions of racial purity of the time, as espoused by Populist Party Congressman Tom Watson from Georgia with such gems as this:
"Jew money has debased us, bought us and sold us - and laughs at us. Hereafter, let no man reproach the South with Lynch law; let him remember the unendurable provocation; and let him say whether Lynch law is not better than no law at all."
All of which led to the kidnapping, out of the prison, of Leo Frank, and his lynching by a mob of preachers, a former governor, an ex-mayor, a doctor, a lawyer, etc.
I'd say that the non-gentile non-white citizens of Georgia at the time were living in constant intimidation and fear for life and property. Jewish mafia my ass.
The ADL (among other groups) is nowadays definitely anti-free speech, and a buncha commies, but was not founded without some justification at the time.
Which he published, after Frank's conviction.
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There seems to be a lot more to this stoy than Jake Shields is telling. There were 3 suspects initially, but Leo Frank was convicted. One of the other suspects was the janitor of the business, a black man with obvious developmental issues, who was allegedly seen with the body - as told by an alleged witness decades later.
All of the “witness” testimony is sketchy at best, with the background being the depraved notions of racial purity of the time, as espoused by Populist Party Congressman Tom Watson from Georgia with such gems as this:
“Jew money has debased us, bought us and sold us - and laughs at us. Hereafter, let no man reproach the South with Lynch law; let him remember the unendurable provocation; and let him say whether Lynch law is not better than no law at all.”
Which he published, after Frank’s conviction.
All of which led to the kidnapping, out of the prison, of Leo Frank, and his lynching by a mob of preachers, a former governor, an ex-mayor, a doctor, a lawyer, etc.
I’d say that the non-gentile non-white citizens of Georgia at the time were living in constant intimidation and fear for life and property. Jewish mafia my ass.
The ADL (among other groups) is nowadays definitely anti-free speech, and a buncha commies, but was not founded without some justification at the time.
Well, he had murdered a 13 year old girl.
Look, a white jury of that era didn’t buy the made up story Frank’s defense came up with trying to blame a black man. Think about that for a minute. The evidence simply pointed elsewhere.
I’m not defending Tom Watson with that.
People were outraged an outgoing governor commuted Frank’s sentence to life, probably for payment. With the results we see.
People believed in capital punishment back then. Strongly so.