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Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Letter from Gilbert Henry Stephenson to J. J. Sullivan, May 16, 1922.
Type of event: Incarcerations
Location: Stillwater; Washington County; Minnesota; United States
Addressee: J. J. Sullivan
Addressor: Gilbert Henry Stephenson
Document date:
Document type: Correspondence
Citation:
Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.) [Stillwater State Prison].
Gilbert Henry Stephenson: Case No. 6598.
Case Files.
Letter from Gilbert Henry Stephenson to J. J. Sullivan, May 16, 1922.
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Duluth, Minn.
May 16th 1922
Mr J J
Sullivan
As I have had a little trouble I am writing to you what to do in this case.
There’s a man here in Duluth named Kerstav that I had trouble with before
I came down to Stillwater the trouble started over the war, then he is the one
that was the caus (sic) of having me arested (sic) and told them at the court
house
that I was mixed up in the lynching, and when it cam time fore (sic)
him to go on the stand he told them he could not do it. Then last Saturday I was
sick and went home at noon and he came along about one o’clock and hung
around the house all after noon calling me names, and said that he would kin me.
He has a knife with a extra long blade an will pull it out
and stand stabing (sic) it in the side of the house. He called me a
S. of A. B. a dozen times and said he would lay fore (sic) me and rip me open
with that knife and that He was not through with me yet. All this I have four
witnesses of that was here in the house when He said this stuff. Please let me
know what to do about this as I don’t
care about having any trouble with this man but don’t like to
have him follow me on the street when ever I go out any place.
Gilbert
H. Stephenson
911 Lundon (sic) Road
Duluth Minn