Claude R. Porter to Charles M. Williams
Title
Claude R. Porter to Charles M. Williams
Creator
Porter, Claude R.
Identifier
TI00253d
Date
1918 November 29
Description
Replying that the federal government has no jurisdiction over the killing of African Americans by a mob in Winston-Salem, NC.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1276 NARA ID #83
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Relation
TI00253
TI00253c
Language
English
Text
Mr. Charles M. Williams,
70 Eye Street, NE,
Washington, DC
Sir:
Your letter of the 21st instant to the President complaining of the killing of certain negroes by a mob at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been referred to this Department.
In reply you are advised that the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Hodges v. United States, 203 U. S. 1, decided that the Federal Government had no jurisdiction under the Constitution over offenses of this character.
Respectfully,
For the Attorney General,
(Signed) Claude R. Porter.
Assistant Attorney General.
70 Eye Street, NE,
Washington, DC
Sir:
Your letter of the 21st instant to the President complaining of the killing of certain negroes by a mob at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been referred to this Department.
In reply you are advised that the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Hodges v. United States, 203 U. S. 1, decided that the Federal Government had no jurisdiction under the Constitution over offenses of this character.
Respectfully,
For the Attorney General,
(Signed) Claude R. Porter.
Assistant Attorney General.
Original Format
Letter
To
Williams, Charles M.
Files
Collection
Citation
Porter, Claude R., “Claude R. Porter to Charles M. Williams ,” 1918 November 29, TI00253d, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.