 On April 29, following Phagan’s funeral, public outrage reached its pinnacle.Under immense pressure to identify a suspect, detectives arrested Leo Frank on the same day.Being a Jewish factory owner, previously from the north, Frank was an easy target for the anti-Semitic population who already distrusted northern merchants who had come to the south to work following the Civil War During the trial, the primary witness was Jim Conley, a black janitor who worked at the factory.