1910's Law and Justice | The Lynching of Robert P. Prager

"German Is Lynched by an Illinois Mob"; "Cabinet Discusses Prager's Lynching"; "Prager Asked Mob to Wrap Body in Flag"; "Tried for Prager Murder"; "The Prager Case"

Newspaper articles

By: The New York Times Date: April 5–June 3, 1918

Source: "German Is Lynched by an Illinois Mob," The New York Times, April 5, 1918, 4; "Cabinet Discusses Prager's Lynching," The New York Times, April 6, 1918, 15; "Prager Asked Mob to Wrap Body in Flag," The New York Times, April 11, 1918, 10; "Tried for Prager Murder," The New York Times, May 14, 1918, 24; "The Prager Case," The New York Times, June 3, 1918, 10.

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