Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States
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Title
Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States
Collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1917
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Military
Subjects
African Americans
African-American soldiers
Armed Forces -- United States
World War, 1914-1918
Trials
Conduct of court proceedings
Murder
Texas
Genres
Notes
Biographical/Historical: Scene during Court Martial of 64 members of 24th Infantry, United States Army, on trial for mutiny and murder of 17 people at Houston Tex. Aug. 23, 1917. Trial held in Gift Chapel, [Fort] Sam Houston. Trial started - Nov. 1, 1917- [Brigadier General] George L. Hunter, presiding. [Colonel] T.A. Hull, Judge Advocate....
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7b4f0170-c645-012f-c2bd-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b4f0170-c645-012f-c2bd-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1917). Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b4f0170-c645-012f-c2bd-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b4f0170-c645-012f-c2bd-58d385a7bc34
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