Lex Anteinternet: Lex Anteinternet: The Houston Riots of August 23, 1917. The fate of Cpl. Baltimore

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Lex Anteinternet: The Houston Riots of August 23, 1917. The fate of Cpl. Baltimore

I posted this, earlier today:

Lex Anteinternet: The Houston Riots of August 23, 1917: While, once again, we are not doing a "1917 day by day", particularly as the story of the Punitive Expedition can't be run...

I also posted a link on the Reddit 100 Years Ago Today site.

Someone asked what happened to Edwards, the soldier first arrested, and Cpl. Baltimore, the military policeman who was so abused. I don't know what happened to Edwards, but Baltimore's fate is documented. As I related there:

In the other post on this here somebody asked what happened to Edwards and Baltimore. I don't know about Edwards, but here's the details on Baltimore:

Baltimore apparently joined the men marching downtown when he returned and was accordingly tried and sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out.

Baltimore was a stoic man and a sterling soldier. He wrote to his brother that he was innocent of shedding any blood but that the execution was "God's will", quoting John 3:16.

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