Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 3

SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

STATE OF GEORGIA. June 21, 1915:

In Re Leo M. Frank, Fulton Superior Court, sentenced to be executed [on] June 22, 1915.

Saturday, April 26, 1913, was Memorial Day in Georgia and a general holiday. At that time, Mary Phagan, a white girl of about 14 years of age, was in the employ of the National Pencil Company, located near the corner of Forsyth and Hunter Streets, in the City of Atlanta. She came to the pencil factory a little after noon to obtain the money due her for her work on the preceding Monday, and Leo M. Frank, the defendant, paid her $1.20, the amount due her, and this was the last time she was seen alive.

Frank was tried for the offense and found guilty the succeeding August. Application is now made to me for clemency.

This case has been the subject of extensive comments through the newspapers of the United States and has occasioned the transmission of over 100,000 letters from various States requesting clemency. Many communications have been received from citizens of this State advocating or opposing interference with the sentence of the court.