Governor Albert Ritchie
1931-
(Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence Relating to the Lynching of
Matthew Williams, Courthouse lawn, Salisbury, MD, December 4, 1931)
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Governor Albert Ritchie
1931-
(Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence Relating to the Lynching of
Matthew Williams, Courthouse lawn, Salisbury, MD, December 4, 1931)
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i0.b«rt Ettchie, Governor of Maryland. Che iioat. peace Durauiag* law abldlm* Aeerleaa oitiaenry ie Justly encouraged by that liawedlate and oaaaplng investigation ordered bgr you yesterday of the lynching of ifetthev lilliems, a resident of 'aaliabury, Maryland, which followed the conference with HlHam Lane, Attorney General of the State of Maryland, oa your hurried ratura frew la* fork and before you departed from Baltlaore for chleago, such fearless and direct official action by the state exeeutlvea of the nation for the peat fee year* has ell hut eradicated from the eacutheoa of the united statee the horrible blemiah of mob Tiolaace and lynching* Oa behalf of the £46,000 colored citizens of nhl/Ttigff ee add our genuine velcotaa to another of the nation'a Jtate executives whei-e oath to aadaiM the aefastv of a%a let *»* to siotect all citiaeaa regardless of creed, color or previous condition haa wmhotw am* tham empty lip service. store power to the Governor of ilarylaad aho aaete every challenge of leedership for the whole citizenry. i'rogrejn for the Colored citizens of Chicago,