Montjoy, John L. "Pete," 1914-1937 (SC 990)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-15-2013

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 990. Form letter, 24 August 1936, distributed by the Montjoy Fair Trial Committee of Covington, Kentucky, regarding the case of John “Pete” Montjoy. The Committee claims that his trial was “farcical” and requests that the public urge Governor Chandler to commute the death sentence by hanging. Includes excerpt from George C. Wright, Racial Violence in Kentucky 1865-1940 concerning the trial.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Montjoy, John L. "Pete," 1914-1937 (SC 990)" (2013). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 2935.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/2935