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Letter to I.E. Phillips from T.T. Wentworth Jr., October 16, 1927.
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Author
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Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., I. E. Phillips, Dorothy Fredrickson
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Typed carbon copy on plain paper that is very dark from acid. Addressed to Rev. I. E. Phillips, dated October 16, 1927, unsigned. The letter is talking about the Viola Edwards, E. E. Tart, Dorothy Fredrickson case (names are not used in the letter). Tells Phillips that a Caucasian woman and her newborn baby both died in a hospital run by Mrs. Edwards, an African American woman and that Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Tart, a Caucasian, were charged with the deaths. Tart had been a member of the Klan...
Show moreTyped carbon copy on plain paper that is very dark from acid. Addressed to Rev. I. E. Phillips, dated October 16, 1927, unsigned. The letter is talking about the Viola Edwards, E. E. Tart, Dorothy Fredrickson case (names are not used in the letter). Tells Phillips that a Caucasian woman and her newborn baby both died in a hospital run by Mrs. Edwards, an African American woman and that Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Tart, a Caucasian, were charged with the deaths. Tart had been a member of the Klan three years prior. Hints that it is believed Tart was the father of the baby. Claims that the "Weak Protestant element aided and assisted by the Strong Catholic element" claimed that Tart was freed because of his previous Klan membership. Also mentions the "Alabama trouble" and that the Catholics and "so-called" Protestants are spreading propaganda to "kill the Klan." Local membership now down to 159 and most are "common laborers," that there are practically no business or professional men remaining in the local Klan. Wentworth has been in the Klan for about 7 years and is trying to save the local group and asks Phillips to come to Pensacola. See also 2016.035.030 and 0463-0471
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Date Issued
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October 16, 1927
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uwf_ht_2016.035.0425
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Letter to John W. Martin from T.T. Wentworth, Jr., ca. August 1927.
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Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., John W. Martin, Dan A. Nee
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Undated, handwritten, on lined notepaper. This appears to be a rough draft for a letter to Gov. John W. Martin. The letter asks Gov. Martin to remove Dan A. Nee, Escambia County Coroner and Justice of the Peace, from office on charges of malfeasance, misfeasance, and incompetence. 4 examples are presented. 1. Nee interfered with the grand jury 2. Sailor was killed at Bruce Dry Dock. Chief of Police O'Connor decided the man was murdered, but Nee did not call a coroner's jury and entered the...
Show moreUndated, handwritten, on lined notepaper. This appears to be a rough draft for a letter to Gov. John W. Martin. The letter asks Gov. Martin to remove Dan A. Nee, Escambia County Coroner and Justice of the Peace, from office on charges of malfeasance, misfeasance, and incompetence. 4 examples are presented. 1. Nee interfered with the grand jury 2. Sailor was killed at Bruce Dry Dock. Chief of Police O'Connor decided the man was murdered, but Nee did not call a coroner's jury and entered the death as accidental. 3. On July 29, 1927, Nee went to the Viola Edwards Hospital, where Dorothy Fredrickson and her newborn infant had died. The writer believes Fredrickson was murdered or died during an abortion. But Nee entered the cause of death as mitral insufficiency. 4. Charges that Nee was unlawfully charging fees and "is doing so many other unlawful acts it is hard for your informant to name them" See also 2016.035.0425 and 0463-0471
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Date Issued
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ca. August 1927
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uwf_ht_2016.035.0430.a-d.
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