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Duluth Rape Case Study

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On June 14th, 1920 Sandra Teal went to the fair that was in town with her boyfriend Robert Walsh, and later that night she claimed six black circus workers raped her. The report of the rape was called in early morning of June 15th by Robert Walsh’s father. There was little to no evidence to support these claims and an examination of Sandra by Dr. David Graham, a family physician, showed no physical signs of rape or assault. Six black men were arrested that day and immediately brought to the Duluth police station. As news spread around Duluth about what allegedly happened, a mob started to form and by the time the mob decided to force its way into the police station estimates had the mob as large as ten thousand people. All the men who were …show more content…

Murnian issued an order that the police were not to use their guns or their night sticks on the crowd. The police could only use their fists and fire hoses. After the lynchings were over and the National Guard arrived Lt. Barber was given credit for giving the order not to use guns, he was highly praised for this. Commissioner Murnian was angry with this and called in a reporter for himself and told them that it was he who issued the order not to use guns. An investigation carried out by General Rhinow concluded that “Since Commissioner Murnian has served as Commissioner of Public Safety, he has taken no active steps toward inaugurating the proper discipline in the functioning of the police force. It is the opinion of the undersigned that Com. Murnian erred appallingly in not requesting assistance of the Sheriff or the state militia at a much earlier time than he did. . . . He, having been present in the police station during the assembling of the mob, and the ultimate lynching, and not having exercised the duties required of him by his office, is guilty of malfeasance in office.”(pg.147) Despite this hearing Murnian was reelected the following …show more content…

Morgan finally got a break when Sandra agreed to talk to his as long as her mother was there. After his conversation with her Morgan was unconvinced that she was telling the truth so he went to talk to Doctor Graham who said “I don’t think the girl was raped” and when asked if there would be outward signs of abuse after an assault like that Graham replied with “You would think so.” The report filed by Morgan never got to the defense of Max Mason because the governor of Minnesota wanted to take a hands off approach to the

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