Biography
James Matthews was identified as the victim of a lynch murder on Welfare Island in the October 9, 1933 Daily Worker. A League of Struggle for Negro Rights delegation had protested to Police Commissioner Bolan and was organizing follow-up action. The issue establishes a named island prison victim without giving admission, death day or individual charge. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v10-n242-oct-09-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
