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Slayer Lynched by Mob

Date Published: Dec 11, 1931

Media Type: Newspaper Clipping

About the Victim

Name: Matthew Williams

Date of Death: Dec 04, 1931

Place of Death: Wicomico County, Maryland

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Where was this published?

Publication Name: The Midland Journal

Location: Midland, Maryland

Black Press: NO

Source: Library of Congress

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On the Home Page: Philadelphia Inquirer, “The Fifth Ward Murders.” Oct 14, 1871. From ProQuest, Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-1934), Afro-American, “Maryland’s Shame Edition.” Dec 12, 1931., Baltimore: Dec 12, 1931. From Internet Archives, Broadbent, Samuel Jr. and Phillips, Henry C., photographers. “Octavius Catto.” Photograph. From National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

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