Died in custody
Name not reported
A person held in the custody of a guarding officer was shot to death in 1937, with a pistol taken from that officer, while a mob shouted. In a June 1938 speech, Senator Robert F. Wagner cited the killing as an example of mobs defying the law. The officer assigned to guard the person was the one whose pistol was used in the shooting.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Senator Robert F. Wagner cited the case as an example of mob defiance of the law, saying the person was shot with a pistol taken from the guarding officer.
Reported by: Senator Robert F. Wagner.