United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Michigan, St. Louis County, DuluthFrank, Leo M., 1884-1915Slaton, John M.1915Two short letters written to A. B. Kapplin, a newspaper man from Duluth, Minnesota who was active in Jewish communal affairs. He became interested as a reporter and Jewish activist in the Leo M. Frank trial of 1915. The letters, written by Leo Frank (dated January 27, 1915 and February 9, 1915), thank Kapplin for his efforts to exonerate him. The third letter (dated June 24, 1915) is from Georgia governor John Slaton, written to Dr. S. Gross, President of the A. B. Kapplin Society of the Duluth, Michigan, B'nai B'rith Lodge, in thanks for his actions on behalf of Leo Frank. Governor Slaton had commuted Frank’s sentence from death to life imprisonment June 21, 1915, just days before he left office on June 26, 1915. To escape the mob, Slaton fled the state. Frank was lynched several weeks later on August 17, 1915.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/the A.B. Kapplin PapersTrials (Murder)--GeorgiaFrank, Leo, 1884-1915--Trials, litigation, etc.Mass media and criminal justiceMurder in mass mediaPardon--GeorgiaGovernors--Georgia--CorrespondenceExecutive power--GeorgiaJewish press--United States--History--20th centuryJews--Persecutions--Georgia--History--20th centuryJournalism--United StatesJustice, Administration ofNewspapersTrials (Murder)--Georgia--AtlantaUnited States--Ethnic relationsthe A.B. Kapplin PapersText