Matt Wann

Matthew Lemuel Wann was Sheriff of Scottsboro, Alabama, during the infamous Scottsboro Boys arrests.

He defended the accused boys from a lynch mob by first stating that he would he would kill the first person to come through the door[1], and then by mobilising the Alabama Army National Guard to protect the jail the boys were housed in.

On May 3rd, 1932[2], Sheriff Wann was later allegedly murdered for this brave act[3]. He was shot by a Harry Hambrick while serving a warrant to arrest that man[4].

References

  1. ↑ "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy"], PBS.org, American Experience.
  2. ↑ "Sheriff Matt Wann".
  3. ↑ Schreiber, Catherine (19 June 2013). "The Scottsboro Boys Act: "What Was Once a Whisper is Now a Roar"".
  4. ↑ "Scottsboro Boys Travesty - The Woodstock Whisperer". 25 March 2017.
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