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Negroes Appeal to Ritchie to Halt Maryland Mob Violence.
A telegram was sent to Governor Ritchi/ of Maryland yesterday by the National Association for the Ad- -vaneement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, protesting against the lynching at Salisbury, Md., Friday night of a Negro taken from a hospital, and calling for action by the State to cope with mob uprisings. , After reviewing the circumstances of the lynching, the telegram said:
"In the same newspaper carrying : an account of this latest lynching in your State is a dispatch quoting a speech of yours in which you appeal for full faith in American institutions and in the American idea of democracy. We appeal to you not only as Governor of Maryland, but as a leading exponent of the American system, to practice what you preach."
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