Matthew Williams photograph

CITATION: Afro-American, "LYNCHERS IN SALISBURY HAD RIGHT-OF-WAY: TOWN'S COMIC OPERA POLICE MADE NO EFFORT TO HALT ORGY THAT ATTRACTED 2,000. TOWN'S MILITARY UNIT NOT CALLED POLICE CARTED BODY OUT OF TOWN, BURIED IT, THEN BROUGHT IT BACK." Baltimore: Dec 12, 1931. From AFRO Archives, Src. (accessed Aug 21, 2023)

Matthew Williams

Date of Death: Dec 04, 1931

Place of Death: Wicomico County, Maryland

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