Series 2 of record group 74-50 consists of selected materials of the Criminal Law Division of the Michigan Department of Attorney General for the years 1924-1956. Includes: depositions, statements, and affidavits of individuals regarding drug abuse, bribery, theft, substandard construction practices, illegal financial practices, and corrupt practices by officials at state prisons; papers and evidence from the Ne-Bo-Shone Association case dealing with public access rights to former logging streams; material regarding the attempted Reuther assassination, and a witness to the same, Donald Ritchie; materials regarding the possible release of convicted murdered Kenneth Small from the Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane; a letter from the Assistant Attorney General to the Detroit police requesting information on subversive activities in the state of Michigan; and other such material.
