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Tabert investigating committee at Florida legislature, Tallahassee, Fla.
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| Title | Tabert investigating committee at Florida legislature, Tallahassee, Fla. |
| Date of Original | 1923-04 or 05 |
| Description | Members of the Tabert investigating committee pose for a group portrait in front of the Florida legislature in Tallahassee. Identified are Sen. John Clay Smith, Rep. C.H. Kennerly, Rep. Frederick Van Roy, a stenographer, Sen. John C. Stokes, Gudmundur Grimson, and Sen. W.A. MacWilliams. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Law
People
Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Governmental investigations
Legislators
Judges
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| Personal Name | Smith, John Clay
Kennerly, C. H.
Van Roy, Frederick
Stokes, John C.
Grimson, Gudmundur, 1878-1965
MacWilliams, W. A.
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| Location | Cross City (Fla.)
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| Decade | 1920-1929
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| Item Number | 10120-298 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "Sen. John Clay Smith Pensacola, Fla., Rep. C.H. Kennerly Palatka Fla. secretary of committee, Rep. Frederick Van Roy Citrus Co. Fla., stenographer to committee, Sen. John C. Stokes Pensacola, Fla. chairman of committee, G. Grimson Langdon N.D. special assistant attorney general of North Dakota, Sen. W.A. MacWilliams St. Augustine Fla. Tabert investigating committee, Florida Leg."--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Martin Tabert was arrested for vagrancy in Florida, and was leased to a lumber company chain gang. A combination of flogging by the gang boss and illness killed Tabert. His family sent money to pay Tabert's fine, but the money did reach Florida in time. Judge Gudmundur Grimson investigated the case and the publicity brought to the case eventually changed the treatment of prisoners in Florida and across the United States. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Gudmundur Grimson Papers Mss 10120
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult http://history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/inventory/10120.html |
| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (10120-298) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh10120298 |
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