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Click to enlarge Title: Pat Olson. Case No. 5726. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 9, 1920 - August 20, 1935
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Pat_Olson_Case_No_5726-201.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Arthur Pelcher. Case No. 5727. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 9, 1920 - February 7, 1923
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Arthur_Pelcher_Case_No_5727-202.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Arthur Mattson, John Doe, Richard Roe. Case No. 5730. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 9, 1920 - February 7, 1923
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Arthur_Mattson_John_Doe_Richard_Roe_Case_No_5730-205.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Frank Spicer. Case No. 5699. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920 - December 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Frank_Spicer_Case_No_5699-215.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Hayes. Case No. 5700. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920 - December 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Hayes_Case_No_5700-216.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Nate Gray. Case No. 5701. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920 - December 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Nate_Gray_Case_No_5701-217.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Loney Williams. Case No. 5702. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920 - December 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Loney_Williams_Case_No_5702-218.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 5703. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920 - December 2, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_5703-219.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: John Burr. Case No. 5707. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 14, 1920 - September 3, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/John_Burr_Case_No_5707-220.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Ed Goneau. Case No. 5720. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920 - December 1, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Ed_Goneau_Case_No_5720-223.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 22590. 1921-1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 12, 1922
Place: Minnesota
Supreme Court. Judgment Books
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_22590__19211922-230.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Case Indictment Record. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Case_Indictment_Record_August_1921-544.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Jury Verdict. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 27, 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Jury_Verdict_August_1921-546.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Sentence Record. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 2, 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Sentence_Record_August_1921-547.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Order for Issuance of Commitment. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 5, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Order_for_Issuance_of_Commitment_August_1921-548.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Clerk's Certificate. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 6, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Clerks_Certificate__August_1921-549.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from G. A. Newman to J. J. Sullivan, August 23, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 23, 1924
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_G_A_Newman_to_J_J_Sullivan_August_23_1924-607.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Myrtle J. McDonald, December 10, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 10, 1924
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_Myrtle_J_McDonald_December_10_1924-612.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Myrtle J. McDonald, June 12, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 12, 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_Myrtle_J_McDonald_June_12_1925-618.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from H. B. Whittier to C. J. Swendsen, June 21, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 21, 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_H_B_Whittier_to_C_J_Swendsen_June_21_1925-619.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Myrtle J. McDonald, July 1, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 1, 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_Myrtle_J_McDonald_July_1_1925-620.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. January 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 1923
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_5702_January_1923-764.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton. Coroner's Reports, Duluth District. No. 60. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_Coroners_Reports_Duluth_District_No_60-34.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. Coroner's Reports, Duluth District. No. 62. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_Coroners_Reports_Duluth_District_No_62-35.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer Jackson. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 59. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elmer_Jackson_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_59-36.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 60. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_60-37.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 61. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_61-38.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer Jackson. No. 7430. June 30, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 30, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Coroner's Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elmer_Jackson_No_7430_June_30_1920-39.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. No. 7429. June 30, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 30, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Coroner's Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_No_7429_June_30_1920-41.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Pat Olson. June-Case File No. 5694. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 13, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Pat_Olson__JuneCase_File_No_5694__JuneAugust_1920-129.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Frank Spicer. Case File No. 5699. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Frank_Spicer__Case_File_No_5699__JuneAugust_1920-134.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Hayes. Case File No. 5700. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Hayes__Case_File_No_5700__JuneAugust_1920-135.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Loney Williams. Case File No. 5702. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Loney_Williams__Case_File_No_5702__JuneAugust_1920-137.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case File No. 5703. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason__Case_File_No_5703__JuneAugust_1920-138.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl J. Miller. Case File No. 5708. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_J_Miller__Case_File_No_5708__JuneAugust_1920-143.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Leonard Hedman. Case File No. 5713. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 13, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Leonard_Hedman__Case_File_No_5713__JuneAugust_1920-146.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Ed Goneau. Case File No. 5720. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Ed_Goneau__Case_File_No_5720__JuneAugust_1920-150.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Walter McMillan. Case File No. 5724. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 14, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Walter_McMillan__Case_File_No_5724__JuneAugust_1920-154.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Pat Olson. Case File No. 5726. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Pat_Olson_Case_File_No_5726__JuneAugust_1920-156.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 22590. 1921-1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 26, 1921 - June 12, 1922
Place: Minnesota
Supreme Court. Registers of Action
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_22590_19211922-229.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 22590. 1921-1922. Notice of Motion. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921
Place: Minnesota
Supreme Court. Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_22590_19211922__Notice_of_Motion-232.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 22590. 1921-1922. Affidavit in Support of Motion. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 24, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Supreme Court. Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_22590_19211922__Affidavit_in_Support_of_Motion-234.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 22590. 1921-1922. Appellant's Brief. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921 - 1922
Place: Minnesota
Supreme Court. Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_22590_19211922_Appellants_Brief-237.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 22590. 1921-1922. Brief and Argument for the State. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921 - 1922
Place: Minnesota
Supreme Court. Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_22590_19211922_Brief_and_Argument_for_the_State-238.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 22590. 1921-1922. Judgment Roll. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 12, 1922
Place: Minnesota
Supreme Court. Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_22590_19211922_Judgment_Roll-240.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: State of Minnesota vs. Max Mason. Case No. 172A Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 1, 1921 - June 9, 1922
Place: Minnesota
Attorney General. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/State_of_Minnesota_vs_Max_Mason_Case_No_172A-241.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Receipt of Superintendent. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 8, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Receipt_of_Superintendent_August_1921-543.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921 - 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Inmate Register Sheets
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785-550.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Stillwater State Prison. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921 - 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Public Welfare. Public Institutions Division. Patient Registers and Indexes.
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Stillwater_State_Prison-551.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Deputy Warden's Examination Sheet. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Deputy_Wardens_Examination_Sheet-553.001.php

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