Governor Ritchie's Clipping File on Lynching
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Governor Ritchie's Clipping File on Lynching
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33 .freeman Street. Bridgeport, Conn. December 9, 1931. Hon. Albert C. Ritchie. State Capitol. Annapolis, Maryland. honorable Sir:-- A few days ago I read in the papers here of a horrible Crime committed in a Town called, Salisbury, situated in the South Eastern part of Maryland. The person brutally Lynched by the J£ob was Mack "Williams. At the time the Crime was committed l think you were in .New York, and upon hearing of this, you immediately left to go to Maryland to make an investigation, of the affair. isow, 1 am sure that as Governor of the State of Maryland that you and your co-workers will make a thorough investigation and see that Justice is done and the right parties properly punished. As an interested Citizen, I am (7 y Very truly yours, (Z^V JZ^i John W. Lancaster, Sr. Pres. of Citizens organization of ±spt.