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April 24, 1923
The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
In Tallahassee, Florida, on April 24, a legislative committee plans to exhume the body of Martin Tabert, a North Dakota youth who died after floggings in a convict camp, to gather evidence of brutalities in the peonage system. Arthur Johnson, who buried him, will guide them to the unmarked grave in a swamp 15 miles away.
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WILL DIG UP BODY OF DEAD To Find Evidence of Brutality
Tallahasse, Fla., April 24.-Plans to call on the dead for new evidence of alleged brutalities practiced on Martin Tabert shortly before his death in a convict camp, were made today. in the legislative committee investigation of the Florida peonage system.
Arthur Johnson, a negro, who told the committee he helped bury Tabert in a water soaked grove shortly after the North Dakota youth died following floggings in the prison camp, was ready to guide the legislative committee to · the unmarked grave tomorrow.
The spot is fifteen miles from Tallahassee in a swamp land, Johnson declared, in promising that proof of the alleged brutalities would result from exhuming the body.
Tallahasse, Fla., April 24.-Plans to call on the dead for new evidence of alleged brutalities practiced on Martin Tabert shortly before his death in a convict camp, were made today. in the legislative committee investigation of the Florida peonage system.
Arthur Johnson, a negro, who told the committee he helped bury Tabert in a water soaked grove shortly after the North Dakota youth died following floggings in the prison camp, was ready to guide the legislative committee to · the unmarked grave tomorrow.
The spot is fifteen miles from Tallahassee in a swamp land, Johnson declared, in promising that proof of the alleged brutalities would result from exhuming the body.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Body Exhumation
Convict Brutality
Peonage Investigation
Martin Tabert
Florida Prison Camp
What entities or persons were involved?
Martin Tabert
Arthur Johnson
Where did it happen?
Tallahassee, Fla., Convict Camp, Swamp Land 15 Miles Away
Story Details
Key Persons
Martin Tabert
Arthur Johnson
Location
Tallahassee, Fla., Convict Camp, Swamp Land 15 Miles Away
Event Date
April 24
Story Details
Legislative committee plans to exhume Martin Tabert's body from an unmarked grave in a swamp to find evidence of brutal floggings that led to his death in a Florida convict camp, guided by Arthur Johnson who helped bury him.