Collection, 1936,1945.

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Collection, 1936,1945.

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Collection, 1936-1945 and undated, of materials related to the trial and dismissal of four policemen, three firemen, and a city council man from Highland Park (Mich.) who were involved with the murder of Charles "Chap" Poole on Detroit's west side in May 1936. Included are: trial testimony, sworn statements, correspondence, photographs of the house were the murder was committed, and other materials. The councilman's appeal eventually went as high as the Michigan Supreme Court, which upheld the lower courts "guilty" convictions. The collection, mostly copies, was apparently collected by Earl Young, Detroit's City Attorney, who was involved with the case, in the 1930s and early 1940s.

1 box : ill.

Clarke Historical Library

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