Name not reported

In July 1937, two people were taken from a jailhouse by a mob and killed, according to Senator Robert F. Wagner's speech to the NAACP conference in Columbus, Ohio, as reported by the Detroit Tribune in July 1938. Wagner said the jailhouse was within a stone's throw of a state capitol. He said the state had taken no action beyond an official's remark about carelessness. He also said no arrest, prosecution or conviction had been recorded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Senator Robert F. Wagner said two unnamed people were taken from a jailhouse by a mob in July 1937.

Reported by: Senator Robert F. Wagner.

Source

• The Detroit Tribune, July 2, 1938, page 1 The Detroit Tribune, July 2, 1938