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Three white men are imprisoned
for rioting. One black, Max Mason, is imprisoned for rape.
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Minnesota
State Reformatory for Men, St. Cloud. |
Three men were imprisoned for rioting
in connection with the lynchings: Louis Dondino, Carl Hammerberg,
and Gilbert Henry Stephenson.
• Louis Dondino: Convicted of riot,
he was sentenced to serve up to five years in jail. Dondino
arrived at Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater in February 1921. He
was released on parole in March 1922, and discharged from
parole in March 1923.
• Gilbert Henry Stephenson: Convicted
of riot, he was sentenced to serve up to five years in jail.
Stephenson arrived at Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater in February
1921, was released on parole March 1922, and was discharged
from parole in March 1923.
• Carl John Alfred Hammerberg: Convicted
of instigating a riot, he was sentenced to serve up to five
years in jail. Hammerberg arrived at the Minnesota State Reformatory, St. Cloud
in January 1921, was released on parole March 1922, and
was discharged from parole in March 1923.
No one was ever convicted for the murder
of Isaac McGhie, Elmer Jackson, and Elias Clayton.
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Interior
of cellhouse, Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater. |
Max Mason, one of the black circus
workers, was convicted of rape. Despite scant evidence of
his guilt and questionable counsel during his trial, Mason’s
appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court was denied.
Sentenced to serve seven to thirty
years, Max Mason arrived at Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater in August
1921. In 1925 the Minnesota Parole Board discharged Mason
from prison with the condition that he leave the state. |
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