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Lynching of Matthew Williams

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Matthew Williams was lynched on December 4, 1931 in Salisbury, Maryland.[1] He was pulled from a bed in Peninsula General Hospital where he was being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound, thrown out of a window and hanged.[1] He had been hospitalized after he shot and killed his white employer and attempted suicide.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Matt Williams (b. 1908 - d. 1931)". Biographical Series. Archives of Maryland . {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ "An American Tragedy". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 17 January 2015.