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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GGv. A. E. Ritchie, Annapolis, Md. Dear 3ir: In the name of liberty .justice and i'ree — dom,I wish, to register a protest against the lynching which took place in Marylana lest week, It is a terrible injustice to any hum pi i being to be deprived of a fair trial. And it is a terrible injusticeto a republic/that mob rule should prevails!thin its borders. Ruled by the mob spells ruin for our republic. One of the best neurologists/in this state, happens to be colored. You will agree ti. that he is one of the best,when I add that he ^ was offered a/chair in that department in Johns-Hopkins University. He declined the offer, to remain with his Alms K&ter. But I think there was some thing more than