Thursday, February 19, 2009

Friday, February 19, 1909. Mental Health and Crime.

The first National Committee for Mental Hygiene convened.  Today called Mental Health America, improvement of mental health care and prevention of mental illness remains its mission.

Policeman Edward Lowry was shot and killed by Greek immigrant John Masouriden, a prisoner he was escorting, South Omaha, Nebraska.  This would result in an attack on Omaha's Greek neighborhood two days later, fueled by an inflammatory headline.

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