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Telegram from T.T. Wentworth, Jr. to John W. Martin, August 9, 1927

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1927-08-09
Summary:
Telegram from dated Aug. 9, 1927, addressed to Gov. John W. Martin. States "Miss Frederickson found dead in Negro hospital Friday night. Buried Saturday evening without inquest. The coroner said the death was caused by marital (sic) insufficience. People are not satisfied. Body disinterred yesterday and viewed by the jury. Death caused from abortion, it is said—no inquest in other cases. People aroused. The sheriff stated he was doing everything possible to get to bottom of the case. Negro woman under arrest." Signed T.T. Wentworth, Jr. See also 2016.035.0425 and 0430.
Title: Telegram from T.T. Wentworth, Jr. to John W. Martin, August 9, 1927.
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Name(s): Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., Creator
John W. Martin, Recipient
Miss Frederickson, Referenced
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Telegram
Date Created: 1927-08-09
Date Issued: 1927-08-09
Publisher: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center
Place of Publication: Pensacola, Florida
Extent: 2 page telegram
Language(s): English
Summary: Telegram from dated Aug. 9, 1927, addressed to Gov. John W. Martin. States "Miss Frederickson found dead in Negro hospital Friday night. Buried Saturday evening without inquest. The coroner said the death was caused by marital (sic) insufficience. People are not satisfied. Body disinterred yesterday and viewed by the jury. Death caused from abortion, it is said—no inquest in other cases. People aroused. The sheriff stated he was doing everything possible to get to bottom of the case. Negro woman under arrest." Signed T.T. Wentworth, Jr. See also 2016.035.0425 and 0430.
Identifier: uwf_2016.035.03465.a (IID)
Subject(s): Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr.
John W. Martin
Miss Frederickson
Pensacola, Florida
August 1927
1927
Held by: University of West Florida Historic Trust Resource Center, Hilton Green Room
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwf_2016.035.03465.a
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF

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Title: Telegram from T.T. Wentworth, Jr. to John W. Martin, August 9, 1927.
Name(s): Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., Creator
John W. Martin, Recipient
Miss Frederickson, Referenced
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Correspondence, Telegram
Date Created: 1927-08-09
Date Issued: 1927-08-09
Publisher: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center
Place of Publication: Pensacola, Florida
Extent: 2 page telegram
Language(s): English
Summary: Telegram from dated Aug. 9, 1927, addressed to Gov. John W. Martin. States "Miss Frederickson found dead in Negro hospital Friday night. Buried Saturday evening without inquest. The coroner said the death was caused by marital (sic) insufficience. People are not satisfied. Body disinterred yesterday and viewed by the jury. Death caused from abortion, it is said—no inquest in other cases. People aroused. The sheriff stated he was doing everything possible to get to bottom of the case. Negro woman under arrest." Signed T.T. Wentworth, Jr. See also: 2016.035.0464, 2016.035.0462, 2016.035.0467.a-b.
Identifier: uwf_ht_2016.035.0465.a-b (IID)
Note(s): A Project of the Gulf Coast Digital History Project.
Subject(s): Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr.
John W. Martin
Miss Frederickson
Pensacola, Florida
1920s
1927
Held by: University of West Florida Historic Trust Resource Center, Hilton Green Room
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwf_ht_2016.035.0465
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF

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