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| President Street and No. lapttat i$tnt!5t^>rfi, (Emfnnut OF BALTIMORE AND VICINITY Secretary ¦ BALTIMORE, MD.......................... ~ _____...... 193... f The Baltimore Baptist Ministers Conference .Baltimore and vicinity,to the Honorable Albert C.Ritchie,Sovenor,Maryland. Dear Sir: are delighted with your expressed intention of offering the aid of the state in prosecuting the lynchers of Salisbury,and the steps you have already caused to be taken;but in view of the atrocity of this mob and the unanimous sanction seemingly given them by tliecitizenry of Salisbury and vicinity,we are certain extraordinary efforts will be necessary,or else this very bold and daring flaunting of lawlessness and disorder will go absolutely unpunished. We protest and deplore this diabolical lynching in this fair state,wMch has heretofore shown a spirit of fairness to all her citizens.Any laxity or., the part of the authorities of the state in the vigerous prosecution of this mob will place this fair*-s^te in the category with the states that have winked at lynching till 1 it has become a mere past time. The attitude assumed by the state authorities of Salisbury,and the citizens generally towards mob violence,atom showing their almost unanimous consent.would make it a matter of impossibility for justice to get a hearing;for those who- were not actually engaged in it,by their very attitude were in hearty accord and each must be regarded as particeps criminis.We therefc^^^^aaJ. to you as govenor of the state,not to depend upon criminal^TTbrir criminals to justice.The state "Owes to its citizens protection on every foot of its soil,even on the Eastern Shore. With thanks for steps already taken by you,and with hopes that it will be vigorously followed up,we beg ¦ you give this your earnest consideration. Respectfully, Baptist Mi jesters Conference,Baltimore and Vicinity .^(X.%/a..^aw^ Committee |