Who’s Who in Parade

Characters from history in PARADE:
WHO’S WHO IN THE LEO FRANK CASE

AT THE PROSECUTION TABLE

Hugh M. Dorsey (1871 –1948)
Hugh Dorsey, the Fulton County Solicitor General and the lead prosecutor in the Phagan case

Max Tatem

ON THE WITNESS STAND

Jim Conley (c. 1884–?)
Janitor at the National Pencil Company and a key witness for the prosecution

Christiano Delgado

Newt Lee (dates unknown)
Night watchman at the factory who discovered the body of Mary Phagan

Alijah Carter

George Epps (dates unknown) (Re-named “Frankie” in Parade)
15-year-old newsboy and witness for the prosecution

Kees Hoekendijk

Monteen Stover (name changed to “Iola” in Parade)
Factory worker at the National Pencil Company

Lucy Swinson

Fannie Phagan Coleman, Mary’s mother
A widow from Marietta, Georgia

Maya Mills

Ollie Mae Phagan
Mary’s older sister

Audrey Andel

PRESIDING

Leonard S. Roan (1849–1915 )
Leonard Roan, a respected Fulton County judge

Jeff Blair

THE VICTIM
Mary Phagan (1899–1913)
Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old factory worker at the National Pencil Company – Ava Celeste Bogart

Ava Celeste Bogart

IN THE GALLERY

Lucille Selig Frank (1888–1957)
Leo Frank’s wife

Alyzza Marquez

AT THE DEFENSE TABLE
Leo Frank (1884–1915)
Superintendent of the National Pencil Company and defendant in the murder trial of Mary Phagan

	Zev Marx-Kahn

	Lucille & Leo Frank

Luther Z. Rosser (1859–1923)
Luther Ziegler Rosser, a renowned Georgian criminal defense attorney

Caelan Wilkie-Rogers

IN THE BACKGROUND
Thomas E. Watson (1856–1922)
Tom Watson, a local Populist politician and editor of The Jeffersonian, a zealous Christian, racist, anti-Semitic periodical

Ben Stormer

John “Jack” Slaton (1866-1955) and Sarah “Sally” Slaton, John’s beloved wife, the First Lady of Georgia
Governor of Georgia from 1913-1915; commuted Frank’s sentence from death to life in prison