Martin Tabert
Martin Tabert was a young ex-soldier from Munich, North Dakota. In 1923 he was held at a camp run by the Putnam Lumber Company in Florida. A 1924 Grand Forks Herald report says North Dakota state's attorney G. Grimson claimed Tabert was whipped to death at the camp. Grimson's investigation led to a murder conviction of Thomas Walter Higginbotham, the camp's whipping boss, and the American Legion later released a film based on the case.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. State's attorney G. Grimson of Cavalier County, N.D., said Martin Tabert was whipped to death at the Putnam Lumber Company camp, and his investigation led to a murder conviction of the camp's whipping boss.
Reported by: State's attorney G. Grimson of Cavalier County, N.D.; Grand Forks Herald (reporters).