The Murder of Little Mary Phagan - Vanessa Neubauer - Part 1 of 13

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Mary Phagan Keane's "The Murder of Little Mary Phagan" is an oral history of her family. It was written by Mary Richards Phagan, Annabelle Phgan, Cochrane Lily Phagan, Baswell John Phagan Durham, Jay C. Gear, Lisa Sorel, Tom Watson Brown, Bill Kenny, senior editor of the Marietta Daily Journal, Franklin Garrett, historian, Atlanta Historical Society, George Keeler, son of OB Keeler Mariettan, Michael H. Wing, member of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Stuart Lewingrub, Southeast Regional Director of the Anti- Defamation League, Betty Cantor, associate Director of Southeast Office of the AntiDefamation League, Charles Wittenstein, Southern Council of the AntiDefamation League, and Bernard and her friends for their love and encouragement. The author placed a single red rose on the grave and traced over the name Mary Phagan. The epitaph was one the author knew by heart. The author saw an old couple trudge up the grassy hill towards the grave and asked if they could help them.

The most important details in this text are that the narrator is related to Little Mary Phagan, who was murdered on April 26, 1913, in downtown Atlanta. The narrator's great aunt, Mary Phagan, was killed on April 26, 1913, and her story remains with them. The narrator's great aunt, Mary Phagan, looks a lot like her, and the narrator's father, the first sergeant of the 17th Air Transport Squadron, was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina. The narrator's father, the first sergeant of the 17th Air Transport Squadron, was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, and the narrator's 8th grade science teacher at R b. Stahl High school registered astonishment when the narrator told him their name was Mary Phagan.

The narrator's father, the first sergeant of the 17th Air Transport Squadron, was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, and the narrator's 8th grade The most important details in this text are that the narrator's father is related to a little girl named Mary Phagan, who was murdered in Atlanta years ago. The narrator's father tells the narrator that Mary Phagan was her grandfather's sister and that she had caught the English
Avenue streetcar the morning of Saturday, April 26, 1913 to go to the National Pencil Company where she had worked in downtown Atlanta to pick up her wages of $1.20. She had made plans to stay and watch the parade. Governor Joseph M. Brown and other dignitaries were to share the reviewing stand. The War Between the States had been over for only 48 years, and the day would change the lives of everyone it touched.

Tom Watson would be elected to the United States Senate and his statue placed in front of the Georgia State Capitol building. Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey would ride right into the governorship of Georgia. ⁣

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