Crime

John St. Loe Strachey congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent election results. Strachey published an article about the election in the Spectator. He is now working on an article about murder in the United States. Strachey was impressed by Roosevelt’s recent comments on social class conflicts. Strachey sees a strong judiciary as the key element in fighting corrupt capitalism.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-24

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

President Roosevelt sends Joseph Bucklin Bishop four private telegrams between himself and Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. He also inquires if Bishop saw a speech that he sent to the Associated Press and emphasizes his comparison between “the crimes of the criminal rich and the crimes of the criminal poor.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Two newspaper clippings report on the police investigation into Captain William Frye Tebbetts’ claim that he was attacked.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

The spirits of alcoholism, opium dens, prostitution, gambling, and street crime, as well as the figure of Death, issue from a tenement house. Caption: Not only an evil in itself, but the vice, crime and disease it breeds invade the homes of rich and poor alike.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-03-20

The editors of The Outlook write to H. Hunter that they will give his letter their full consideration and point out that, “The Outlook has not the slightest sympathy with violence or oppression whether committed by unions or by capitalists.” They argue that all of their statements on the Los Angeles matter are that no assumptions should be made about either side. If it can be proven that the accused man is guilty or that labor unions encouraged violence, they will condemn them accordingly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-13

Creator(s)

The Outlook Editors

President Roosevelt entirely agrees with Attorney General Bonaparte about the Gregory case. It would be a miscarriage of justice if Gregory did not pay the full penalty for his “inconceivably brutal and loathsome crime.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Richard Henry Dana that the telegram that he sent to Harvard President Charles William Eliot was supposed to be private, and that it was accidentally published by someone in Eliot’s office. Whoever did this publishing, Roosevelt says, is guilty of a worse crime than either Sidney W. Fish or Charles C. Morgan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Captain Williard for the way he and his command handled the conflict on the Navajo Reservation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Although President Roosevelt agrees with S. S. McClure’s articles focusing on political corruption and the wrongs done by the rich, he warns him not to only focus on that, but also to write about the crimes committed by the poor, citing the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror that followed as an example.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Senator Nelson that the charges against Consul General John Goodnow may be very serious indeed, and that Roosevelt has ordered Goodnow home from China to answer for them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt supports the Hague Court and hopes its international support will grow. Roosevelt would like to offer a good word or deed for the people of Turkey and states that there is good and evil in all nations and creeds. Roosevelt would like to be reelected and he tries to act in accordance with what is right, but also what is practical.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has received information from Mr. Stevenson that Wayne is a thief and asks Philip Battell Stewart to confirm this information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the congratulatory note about Hornaday’s honorary degree from Yale University. The riots in East Saint Louis, Illinois, and personal observations of lawlessness in New York City lead Hornaday to suggest that the American people place too much value on “personal sovereignty.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-07-07

Creator(s)

Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

Mark A. Matthews writes Theodore Roosevelt, as he is interested in many of the topics Roosevelt has recently discussed. Matthews thinks that regular people have no leader or opportunity to express themselves. He lays out five factors working against “the common people” of the United States. These include: “a certain class of national banks and their manipulators”, “public service corporations”, “the great liquor interests”, “the subsidized press and the Morgan-ized magazine”, and finally “the under-world with all of its filth, crime and debauchery.” Matthews hopes to speak with Roosevelt personally about these things. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-17

Creator(s)

Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940

Percy A. Wells apologizes for the presumption of his previous letter to Theodore Roosevelt, saying that he should have referred Roosevelt to New York Chief Justice Isaac F. Russell to serve as a character reference for him. Wells nevertheless believes the movement he had written about has been successful in stopping hold-ups and robberies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-06

Creator(s)

Wells, Percy A., 1867-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-29

Creator(s)

Taylor, Knox, 1873-1922

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding the pardon of Herbert H. Matteson. Moody provides extensive details into Matteson’s charges, trial, imprisonment, and health.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-10

Creator(s)

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917

Judge Kyle asks Theodore Roosevelt to intervene on his behalf with Secretary of War Taft. Kyle has been charged with crimes that he states are fraudulent. He attempted to meet with Roosevelt personally but was told to write a letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-16

Creator(s)

Kyle, Osceola, 1862-1935

William D. Haywood requests that President Roosevelt investigate crimes being committed in Colorado due to labor unrest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-11

Creator(s)

Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928

This newspaper article discusses Andrew Dickson White’s criticism of President Roosevelt’s appeal to save a murderer in Canada. White believes criminals should be exterminated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-11

Creator(s)

Unknown