Charles W. Baltimore

Date of death:11. 12. 1917
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1910s
State:Texas
Time Imprisoned:
11 Days
Support
Anti-Militarism Anti-War Socialism Anarchism
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Biography

Charles W. Baltimore Corporal of the 24th Infantry Regiment. Military policeman whose beating and arrest by Houston police on August 23, 1917 — and the false rumor that police had killed him — was the immediate catalyst for the soldiers' march. Pistol-whipped and shot at by police when he went to inquire about Pvt. Alonzo Edwards. Hanged at sunrise December 11, 1917. Conviction formally set aside by U.S. Army November 2023 (posthumous).

Case

Fort Sam Houston Disciplinary Barracks
Charges: Mutiny and riot (1917 Houston Riot courts-martial at Fort Sam Houston; convictions set aside 2023)
Arrested: Aug 24, 1917
Sentenced: Nov 30, 1917
Incarcerated: Nov 30, 1917
Released: Dec 11, 1917
Sentence: Death by hanging (Dec 11, 1917) Verdict as recorded: Yes — court-martial; conviction set aside Nov 2023
Prosecutor: Col. John A. Hull (Trial Judge Advocate)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Texas

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