Dorsey Law Practice Collection--Banks, Joseph

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Dorsey Law Practice Collection--Banks, Joseph

Entry/Object ID

2018.011.0005

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 9 5/8 x 11 3/4" Members of the Dorsey family practiced law in the county for generations. January 25, 1929 Report from the Baltimore Police Dept. with the witness statements of Elzie Ford and William Curtis about the death of Joseph Banks. Each swore that Banks had told them the name of the man who shot him. January 25, 1929 Report from the Baltimore Police Dept. with the statement of Mamie Banks, Joseph Banks' wife. Banks was at a still in St. Mary's County with three other men. One of the men reached into his pocket, pulled out a pistol and it went off, seriously wounding Banks. He went to Dr. Johnson in Morganza, but was refused treatment. [Banks was African-American.] He then went to Dr. Camalier in Leonardtown, who did some treatment, but advised his wife to get him to a hospital. She prevailed on a friend to take him to Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, where he subsequently died. She was held at the police station. January 26, 1929 Report from the Baltimore Police Dept. to Mr. Dorsey saying he was releasing Mrs. Banks to see Dorsey, basically to get her story down on paper, so the coroner could issue a death certificate and she might collect on his small life insurance policy.

Collection

Dorsey Law Practice Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1929

Location

Container

Dorsey Law Practice Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

Dorsey Law Practice Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Banks, Joseph

Person or Organization

Banks, Mamie

Person or Organization

Butler, Wilson

Person or Organization

Camalier, Frank A.

Person or Organization

Dorsey, Philip H.

Person or Organization

Ebb, Francis

Person or Organization

Green, George

Person or Organization

Hill, Dixie

Person or Organization

Johnson, L. B.

Person or Organization

Van Ward, Punch