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JURY TO HEAR LYNCHING CASE
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Attorney General To Present Fir'v—i To Grand Jury.
BALTIMORE, . . Attorney
General Wm. P. Lane, Jr., ThursdayI was reported to be planning to lay betore the \V.;
jury next rnor '<. ' ' ¦.
identity of mob leaders responsible for the lynching or. Mattuew vul ' liams, negro, at Salisbury last December 4.
The March term grand jury will be sworn into office l-te n~~t .....
Shortly after Williams was drag-
ged from a Salisbury hospital bed and hung, Mr. Latie began an investigation, at Governor Ritchie's suggestion. tn determine the identity of the mob leaders.
Although he has presistently declined to reveal the progress of his investigation, he said today it has not been completed. Levin .C. Bailey, State's Attorney for Wicomico county, denied a special grand jury would be called to consider the lynching.
Williams was hung and his body burned shortly after he had shot and killed his employer, Daniel Klliott. lumber dealer of Salisbury, allegedly because of low wages.
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