Page Jupiter leaving Marlboro jail: 1933
Page Jupiter, charged in the murder of a white woman Evelyn Releschneider, is escorted out of the Marlboro, Maryland jail July 12, 1933 after an attempt to lynch him in LaPlata failed.
On July 11, 1933 a lynch mob formed outside the LaPlata, Maryland jail where Jupiter had been held. They stormed the jail only to find that Jupiter was no longer in the facility.
Believing that Jupiter had been spirited to the nearby courthouse, they then stormed the courthouse. After finding that Jupiter was not in the courthouse either, the mob attempted to find where he had been taken, but ultimately dispersed.
Jupiter was later taken to a Baltimore jail that was believed more secure.
Bernard Ades, the attorney in the Euel Lee case, attempted to intervene on behalf of Jupiter but was rebuffed by the court.
Jupiter was found guilty by a LaPlata jury November 23, 1933 and sentenced to death.
On February 2 1934, Jupiter was taken to the gallows at the Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore. He fainted on his way to the gallows, but officials put the rope around the neck of his unconscious body and hanged him.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is an auction find.
Page Jupiter leaving Marlboro jail: 1933
Page Jupiter, charged in the murder of a white woman Evelyn Releschneider, is escorted out of the Marlboro, Maryland jail July 12, 1933 after an attempt to lynch him in LaPlata failed.
On July 11, 1933 a lynch mob formed outside the LaPlata, Maryland jail where Jupiter had been held. They stormed the jail only to find that Jupiter was no longer in the facility.
Believing that Jupiter had been spirited to the nearby courthouse, they then stormed the courthouse. After finding that Jupiter was not in the courthouse either, the mob attempted to find where he had been taken, but ultimately dispersed.
Jupiter was later taken to a Baltimore jail that was believed more secure.
Bernard Ades, the attorney in the Euel Lee case, attempted to intervene on behalf of Jupiter but was rebuffed by the court.
Jupiter was found guilty by a LaPlata jury November 23, 1933 and sentenced to death.
On February 2 1934, Jupiter was taken to the gallows at the Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore. He fainted on his way to the gallows, but officials put the rope around the neck of his unconscious body and hanged him.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsk3cXm2f
The photographer is unknown. The image is an auction find.