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William Webb

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Kansas
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William Webb

Biography

William Webb was a Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers union member prosecuted after the April 11, 1937 shooting at the union hall in Galena, Kansas. Lavoice Miller died of pneumonia following shotgun wounds, and prosecutors brought first-degree murder charges against eleven men. Sheriff Fred Simkin arrested Webb and seven others on April 23. They had previously been free on bond in the assault prosecution arising from the shooting.

Case

Charges: First-degree murder following the death of Lavoice Miller from wounds sustained in the April 11, 1937 union-hall shooting.
Arrested: Apr 23, 1937
Sentence: Prosecuted on first-degree murder charges after previously obtaining bond in the assault case.