Biography
Roy Tyler was sentenced to life imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth following conviction in one of the Houston riot court-martials. Paroled September 17, 1924, according to the NAACP release list reporting information from Leavenworth's warden; went on to play in the Negro baseball leagues. Conviction set aside November 2023. (Recorded as Roy Tyler Pvt. Roy Tyler of the 24th Infantry)
1920s remaining-entry review: The Palmetto Leader, January 10, 1925, page 2, prints the NAACP list of Houston defendants released during the preceding year, reporting information confirmed by Leavenworth warden Biddle. Roy Tyler is individually listed with September 17. The former December 13 date is replaced with September 17, 1924. The complete original page and the column continuation containing his name were visually checked. No new admission date is inferred from the sentence or parole date.
Contemporary individual date evidence
The Palmetto Leader, January 10, 1925, page 2 lists Roy Tyler individually as released September 17 in the preceding year, 1924. The biography has been brought into agreement with the already recorded case release date.
