The Leo Frank Case: Police Reach Scene - Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery

This is the second Chapter in the 22-part series on the Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery.

Three police officers, including Newt Lee, were at the Atlanta police station at night. They were preparing for the morning rush and were greeted by the arrival of the police. The officers were greeted by a man named Boots Rogers, who had been brought in earlier that evening on charges of disorderly conduct. Officer W. T. Anderson, who was the first officer to arrive, called the police station and received a message from a black man who had found a dead girl in the basement of the National Pencil Factory.

The officers, including Lee and Anderson, entered the factory and found the girl's body in a scuttle hole. The body was covered in blood and had a mutilated face. The officers examined the body, finding her hair in shreds, a blue ribbon tied to her foot, and a strand of cord cut deep into her flesh. The underskirt was ripped to shreds, and one stocking supporter was broken. Sergeant Brown gasped, realizing it was only a child.

Dobbs, who had been making a minute investigation of the cellar floor, found two soiled pieces of yellow paper with rude letters scrawled across them. The officers read the letters, which revealed that the black man had done the crime himself. The officers were suspicious of the black man, and Anderson swung towards the watchman, flinging a rough hand on his shoulder.

Anderson, who was shocked by the incident, accused the man who wrote he thought had written the letters of committing the crime. Newt Lee was taken into custody for the murder of Mary Ann Phagan and handcuffed to his wrists. The incident highlights the reality of police brutality and the need for vigilantes to protect innocent individuals. Hear about the harrowing and racist experience that Newt Lee had to endure from the police despite proclaiming his innocence and there being no definitive evidence linking him to the crime.

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