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Print shows a southern vigilante holding a rope with a noose and a “Sheriff” holding a paper that states “2000 dollars must be paid by the county, for each lynching. Law of South Carolina.” An African American man cowers behind the sheriff. A large building labeled “Courthouse” is in the background. Caption: If motives of humanity and justice won’t stop them, may be this will.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-06-14
Theodore Roosevelt informs Joseph L. Merrell that he will not speak to President William H. Taft about any “appointment, retention, or raise or reduction of salary” on his behalf, and believes that Merrell’s commendable past actions on the job speak for themselves.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-22
President Roosevelt was pleased by Edward J. H. Tamsen’s intention to vote for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18
President Roosevelt would like to help Sheriff Joseph Lumpkin Merrell because his career suffered after he defended an African American prisoner from a lynch mob.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-10
Citizens of Bovey, Coleraine, Nashwauk, and Grand Rapids have learned that members of the Western Federation of Miners have requested the removal of Sheriff William B. Hoolihan, and ask Governor Johnson to support Hoolihan and issue a statement regarding his position on “organizations flaunting the red flag of anarchy” in Minnesota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-30
Vice President Mohler of the Union Pacific Railroad Company describes to William Loeb the scene at the Omaha train station, where the sheriff, deputy sheriff, and 300 people had gathered to see President Roosevelt’s party pass through. The presidential party suddenly changed their travel plans and bypassed Omaha, likely in order to avoid Loeb being served legal papers by a woman name Mae Catherine Wood. Mohler explains that the people were disappointed, but he and many others are glad that Wood did not have an opportunity to achieve her purpose. Mohler believes that “no ill will is engendered toward the party,” and the handling of this incident will prove an effective lesson for the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-10
Charles Fletcher Lummis condemns lynching and praises Governor Durbin for using the state militia to stop mob violence in Evansville, Indiana. Lummis also praises local sheriffs for standing up to lynch mobs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-04